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MEMOBIA TECHNICA, 

Or, the art of abbreviating those studies which give the 
greatest labor to the memox-y ; including numbers, historical 
dates, geography, astronomy, gravities, &c; also, rules for 
memorizing technicalities, nomenclatures, proper names, 
prose, poetry, and topics in general. Embracing all the avail- 
able rules found in the Mnemonics or Mnemotechny, of an- 
cient and modern times. To which is added a Perpetual Al- 
manac for two thousand years of past time and time to come. 
Adapted to the use of schools. By Lorenzo D. Johnson. — 
Second edition, revised and improved. Price 50 cents. 

Public School Teachers who wssh to attend the lecture ad- 
vertised below, will receive a copy of the work gratis, by call- 
ing on the publishers, Gould, Kendall & Lincoln, 59 Wash- 
ington street. 

PUBLIC LECTURE. I 

Mr. L. D. Johnson will give a Lecture in the Marlboro* 
Chapel, Hall No. 1, on Tuesday evening, January 12th, at half 
past 7 o'clock, when he will make an exposition of the advan- 
tages of his system to the public generally, and its adaptation 
to common school instruction. A young lad will be present, 
who will answer any one of six thousand questions from the 
' Memoria Technical when propounded at random by the au- 
dience. Mr. J. pledges himself that he will, in the course of 
the evening, give such instruction as will convince his heaiers 
of their own ability to commit to memory, and to retain, what 
they, perhaps, may heretofore have deemed impracticable. 

Terms of Admission. — As the several exercises of the occa- 
sion will be directed to the illustration of the principles and 
uses of the system, each person in attendance will use a copy 
of the Memoria Tcchnica, which will be the only necessary 
ticket of admission to the Lecture. 

L. D. JOHNSON 

Boston, January 7th, 1847. It 



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MEMORIA TECHNICA: 

OR 

THE ART OF ABBREVIATING 

THOSE STUDIES WHICH GIVE THE GREATEST LABOR TO THE MEMORY; INCLUDING 
NUMBERS IN HISTORICAL DATES, GEOGRAPHY, ASTRONOMY, GRAVITIES, &C. 

ALSO 

RULES EOR MEMORIZING 

TECHNICALITIES, NOMENCLATURES, PROPER NAMES, PROSE, POETRY, AND TOPICS 
IN GENERAL. EMBRACING ALL THE AVAILABLE RULES FOUND IN MNE- 
MONICS OR MNEMOTECHNY, OE ANCIENT AND MODERN TIMES. 

TO WHICH IS ADDED 

A PERPETUAL ALMANAC 

FOR TWO THOUSAND YEARS OF PAST TIME AND TIME TO COME. 

ADAPTED TO THE USE OF SCHOOLS. 






BY 



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LORENZO D. JOHNSON. 



"He that shortens the road to knowledge lengthens life." — Lacon. 




Second SHfcitfon, asiebfseti antr Kmprobetr. 



BOSTON: 

GOULD, KENDALL AND LINCOLN 

No. 59 "Washington Street. 

1847. 



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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846, 

By LORENZO D. JOHNSON, 

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. 



STEREOTYPED BY DICKINSON AND COMPANY, BOSTON. 



INTRODUCTION. 



1. The art of Aiding the Memory, and the deduction of Rules by attention to which it may be made 
infinitely more available, has been a subject of public interest, and has received the particular attention of 
a high order of minds in almost every age of the world. 

2. Herodotus, the father of history, informs us that " Those Egyptians who live in the cultivated parts 
of the country, are, of all I have seen, the most ingenious, being attentive to the improvement of the memory, 
beyond all the rest of mankind." The hieroglyphics of Egypt are the symbols or representatives to the 
eye of by-gone scenes, and were doubtless the earliest system of artificial memory. 

3. Simonides is the reputed father of that system of rules which became a favorite study with both 
Greeks and Romans. Simonides was a Grecian Poet of considerable celebrity. 

4. Such men as Aristotle, Plato, Cicero, Quintilian and Seneca, among the Ancients, acknowledge 
their indebtedness to Mnemonic Rules for the feats of memory which they performed ; and in modern 
times, Lalande, the French astronomer, Hume, Bacon, Locke and Addison, and we may add Robert Hall, 
whose opposition was completely overcome by Eeinaigle. In like manner was Dr. Priestley made an 
advocate of Dr. Gray's writings, as the following extract from his writings will show : 

5. " It is so easily learned, and may be of so much use in recollecting dates, and any other fact connect- 
ed with figures, that I should think all persons of a liberal education inexcusable, who will not take the 
small pains that is necessary to make themselves masters of it ; or who think anything unworthy of their 
notice which is so useful and convenient." * 

6. The Germans are the only modern nation who have made the art of Memory a primary study — ■ 
and of its advantages in schools, the educated Germans give ample demonstration. 

7. Dr. Richard Gray, Rector of Hinton, Devonshire, England, published his work on artificial memory 
in 1730, and so great was the demand for it, that six editions were soon exhausted. But had not a frag- 
ment of it been preserved to us in Whelpley's " Compend of Universal History," very few persons would 
have heard of it in this country. 

Gray, like the merchants from time immemorial, made letters stand for figures, by which they make 
their private marks on goods : so that for the date of the universal deluge, he would write Del, to bring to 
mind the word deluge, and then finish it with such letters as stood for the figures in the date. Thus, 
according to his system, Del-Hoc? gave 2348. This made no word which would convey to the mind an 
Idea. 

8. The letters, when put together, made the form of words which, easy as Dr. Priestley said it was to 
master, had to be worn into the mind by numerous repetitions before they could be retained. It was like 
the word which Dr. Watts made from the initial letters, indicating the several colors of the rainbow : for 
violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red, thus, Vibgyor. The word means nothing, and is not easily 
recollected. This no doubt is the reason why Dr. Gray's system fell into disuse. 

9. But let the consonants, or articulations only, stand for figures, and forming only the frame-work of 
words, the vowel sounds can be brought in to make a word which shall have a meaning, or which is the 
representation of an idea, and then the word is retained with comparative ease, in consequence of the idea 
it conveys to the retentive faculties. 

10. Let us take, for example, the call of Abraham, if we wish to remember the date of this event; in 
figures it stands thus. 1921 B. C. It furnishes, according to the Key in this work, the following letters, 

* Edinb urg-h. Encyclopaedia. 



4 INTRODUCTION. 

D p n d. These being consonants only, the vowels can be introduced and make the Avord Depend. 
This word being made the member of a sentence, it will read thus ; On the call of Abraham much was 
made to Depend. 

11. It is by establishing a relation between the event, and the indicating, or date words, that we are 
enabled to remember them with no more labor of memory than to remember the event only ; for if the 
relation be well established, the event becomes a faithful prompter, giving the memory all the momentum 
it needs, to send it, as on an inclined plane, from the Event to the Date word. 

It is, for example, on the same principle by which we remember compound words, as apple-tree, ink- 
stand; or double names, as Ann Maria, Nancy Jane. 

12. Overlooked by Dr. Gray, this discovery was left for the Germans. M. Gregor Von Feinagle, from 
Baden, first introduced it into France and England about the year 1812 ; since which time improvements 
have been made on Eeinagle's system, especially by Amie Paris, of France, and Prof. F. F. Gouraud, 
who first taught it in this country. 

13. We think that the " Fundamental Basis," which Prof. Gouraud has introduced among us, is a 
decided improvement on Feinagle's. But Gouraud's system requires improvement. He admits ad libitum 
rules, and assigns the nasal articulation, ing, in Sing, Deinti?ig, &c, to 7. We assign it to 2, for the reason, 
that it should make a pair with the nasal n, as heard in sin. By dropping the s it will be in, ing. N is 
always suppressed before g hard in Gouraud's rules, so that in the words hunger, longer, the n is made to 
have no value. We give both letters a numerical value, the n 2, g 7. for the same reason that we would 
give n and k a value in the word Ink. 

In all words ending with tion, don, sion, (shun), in Gouraud's system, it is left " optionaV with the learner 
to make it 62, or 6, by dropping the final n, as his fancy shall incline him ; thus giving two pupils a chance 
to employ two different letters for the same figure, or for one to leave a letter without a value, and the 
other to give it a value. We give to shun uniformly 62. 

Mr. Gouraud gives cumbrous formulas, to be committed by the pupil. We give none ; leaving the pupil 
to form his own relations between facts and dates, according to his own sense of propriety ; — thus giving 
the pupil some useful exercise for his rules in syntax and composition, and also for thought and imagina- 
tion as well as memory. 

The great time-saving advantages of our mode of committing the sovereigns of England can be seen 
by those who understand both systems. They can see in what particulars we have disencumbered and 
simplified the whole process.* 

14. One great reason why the art of Memory has not been received into our public schools, and made 
a text book in primary instruction long ere this time, is not the want of merit, but because those who have 
succeeded in mastering any available rules to aid the memory, have hitherto preferred to keep the matter 
in a form which would answer no purpose as a school book. They have passed through the community, 
addressing the people's Marvellousness, and charging an exorbitant price for what they would induce the 
people to expect, rather than what would be ultimately realized, and thus producing in the public mind a 
disrelish for such studies. 

15. But in preparing this work for the press, it has been our object to adapt our illustrations to Com- 
mon School instruction, and if possible, to lessen some of the difficulties in acquiring useful knowledge, with- 
out lessening mental culture. Our hope is to see it made a text-book in schools, by which every teacher 
of youth may be made a " professor" of all the rules for aiding the memory, that can be made available 
to a student while acquiring an education. 

16. There are lessons in this book, in statistical geography especially, that, by aid of this system, the 
pupil can acquire in an hour, which he would not be likely to acquire, without such aid, in all his life. 
Take the square miles of the civil divisions of the globe, as an example ; and the acquisition of the other 
lessons are aided in the same proportion. If time be valuable, this fact alone commends the subject to 
the serious consideration of all who wish to make the hours which pupils spend at school the most 
profitable. 

* It is due from us, however, to acknowledge our indebtedness to Prof. Gouraud's " Lectures on Phreno-Mnemotechny," 
which are now made into a volume of several hundred pages, to which we would refer the reader. 



INTRODUCTION. 5 

17. The peculiar adaptation of this system to aid the study of the Holy Scriptures should not be over- 
looked. While the Bible contains the most ancient records of history, and is the only book upon which 
we can rely for more than two thousand years of the world's earliest history, yet it is very unfortunately 
arranged for study ; since the events and records are not arranged in the order of their occurrence. (The 
arrangement of " books," contained in the Bible was not made by divine appointment, but this does not 
in the least invalidate their divine authenticity.) Hence it is, that the historical parts of the Bible exist 
in the minds of so many who honestly reverence the Scriptures, as a jumble of historical materials in a 
chaotic mass. But with very little attention to the rules of this system, the student of theology can make 
a " digest " of all the important events contained in the Bible, and have the date of every event, in con- 
nective order, transferred to his mind, which will enable him " to see all things clearly." 

18. " Scripture history," says a late writer, "is Scripture itself, teaching the knowledge and enforcing 
the practice of its own divine precepts by examples. It therefore forms the best introduction to scripture 
morality and religion ; and this, no doubt, is one of the purposes for which it was given. One of the 
inspired penmen of the sacred volume, after adverting to the various parts of the history which it con- 
tains, says : ' Now all these things happened unto them for examples ; and they are written for our 
admonition, on whom the ends of the world are come.' — 1 Cor. x. 11. This passage alone, if rightly 
considered, will show the use of scripture history, establish its importance, and secure its place in educa- 
tion. ' Geography and Chronology are the eyes of History.' ' ; 

19. Should it be asked, does this system really improve the memory ? or is it an arrangement by which 
we lessen the labor of memory? The true answer is, it does both. In substituting words for numbers 
an immense amount of labor is saved to the memory, and consequently of time also. But it will be 
impossible for the pupil to run through the System in the several sciences to which it is applied, without 
giving vigorous exercise and additional strength to the power of recollection. 

20. But it is to that part of the System which relates to prose and poetry, and topics in general, that 
we would refer, where the rules are based chiefly on those laws of the mind which relate to Locality and 
Comparison, for improving the memory. 

21. Locality is that law of the mind which takes cognizance of place, and which assigns almost 
every thing we hear of to some place. Association is that law of the mind which almost involuntarily 
sees some analogy, and establishes relations between dissimilar things. While Locality enables us to 
remember places, Association enables us to remember what was seen, said, or done, in those places. 

One of our own poets has beautifully alluded to the impressiveness of place in the well known lines : 

" How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, 

When fond recollection presents them to view ; 
The orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled wildwood, 

And all the loved scenes which my infancy knew. 
The wide-spreading pond, and the mill that stood by it, 

The bridge, and the rock, where the cataract fell ; 
The cot of my father, the dairy-house nigh it, 

And e'en the rude bucket which hung in the well." 

. 22. The means we have for remembering whatever we see or hear, are great or small, weak or strong, 
just in proportion to the strength of the impression it makes on the mind. All power of recollection, 
therefore, may be resolved into the vividness of an impression. Our inquiry then, ought to be directed to 
the surest method of deriving the most vivid impression of all that we wish to retain. 

23. Most writers on the art of memory, whose works have come to our knowledge, have recognized 
the power which is to be derived from Locality and Association combined, in making strong 
impressions. 

" Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, 

Our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain ; 

Awake but one, and lo ! what myriads rise ; 

Each stamps its image as the other flies." — Rogers. 



b INTRODUCTION. 

24. In confirmation of the foregoing, we will subjoin an extract from an article which appeared in the 
Monthly Magazine (Eng.) for the month of September, 1807, over the signature of " Common Sense." 
K Any person who wishes to try an experiment on the power of association, need only to make use of 
the succession of rooms, closets, staircases, landing places, and other remarkable spots or divisions of his 
own house, with all the parts of which he may be supposed to be very familiar. Let him apply. any word 
or any idea to the several parts of the house in any determined order of their succession, and he will find 
it almost impossible, in recalling the same order of the parts of the house, not to associate the idea or 
word which he had previously annexed to each part. Thus for example, a person may learn the succes- 
sion of the kings of England in ten minutes, by annexing the names of each successive monarch to the 
successive rooms, closets, and principal parts of his own house, beginning at the upper story and regularly 
descending : or, at the lower story, and regularly ascending. 

25. " If I do not hazard a charge of egotism, I shall mention, as illustrative facts, that by this new art 
I once committed to memory, in a single morning, the whole of the propositions contained in the thi*ee 
first books of Euclid, and with such perfection, that I could for years afterwards specify the number of 
the book on hearing the proposition named, and could recite the proposition on hearing the number and 
the book : and I have frequently, in mixed companies, repeated backwards and forwards from fifty to an 
hundred unconnected words, which have been but once called over to me. I may also add, to prove the 
simplicity of the plan, that I taught two of my own children to repeat fifty unconnected words in a' first 
lesson, of not more than half an hour's continuance." 

26. In providing a convenient Series of Localities, we shall introduce a flight of stairs, containing 100 
steps for places on which we shall place 100 objects of sense, as prompters and symbols, which will be used 
in a variety of applications, as may be seen in the following page. 



QUESTIONS ON THE INTRODUCTION. 

The number of the Question corresponds to the paragraph which contains the answer. 

1. What evidence can be adduced in favor of rules for aiding the Memory 1 

2. What is said of the Egyptians by Herodotus 1 

3. Who is the reputed author of Mnemonic Rules among the Greeks ? 

4. Who are among the men of both ancient and modern times who have given attention to this 

subject ? 

5. What was Dr. Priestley's opinion of Gray's system 1 

6. Who, among the modems, have given most attention to Mnemonic Rules ? 

7. What was Gray's system for remembering figures ? 

8. What is the supposed reason of its falling into disuse ? 

9. How can the system be improved ? 

10. Give the example contained in the tenth paragraph. 

11. How may the date words be remembered with the events 1 Give example and principle. 

1 2. Who made this improvement 1 and who first taught it in France and England, and in this country ? 

13. What are some of the objectionable points in Gouraud's "Fundamental Basis 1 " 

14. What is the chief reason why the Art of Memory has not been introduced into Schools ? 

15. By adopting this work as a text-book in Schools, what may every teacher be made 1 

16. If this theory of instruction be a time saving system, to whose serious consideration does it com- 

mend itself 1 ? 

17. For what study should the adaptation of this system not be overlooked ? 

18. What does a late writer — T. Walworth, — say of Scripture history ? 

19. What does this system do for the Memory 1 

20. On what laws of the mind is that part of the system which relates to topics in general, chiefly 

based? • 

21. What do Locality and Association enable us to remember ? 

22. What is it that causes us to remember ? 

23. What have most writers on memory recognized % 

24. What did a writer do in committing the sovereigns of England ? 25. And what did he teach his 

children to do ? 
26. For what purpose do we present a flight of 100 steps ? 



MEMORIA TECHNICA. 



She Ke&C ha, 


rd Fe 


Pe 


Zhe Que 


Ve 


Be 


Che Ghe 


Phe 




Je & G soft 






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NUMERICAL KEY. 

Letters and Articulations stand for Figures 

Se Te Ne Me Re Le 
Ze D in " « " 

Csoft The ing " " " 

12 3 4 5 

Rule 1. The vowels and consonants of the alphabet are called Sounds and Ar- 
ticulations. 

Rule 2. The pure sounds are those uttered by the unobstructed breath, as it pro- 
ceeds vocalized from the lungs, and are therefore called vowels. Such are A, E, I, O, U. 

Rule 3. "W and Y are added to the pure sounds, because they are U and I repeated. 
H is added to the sounds, because it is a mere breathing, and also has its origin in the 
lungs, which the learner will see by repeating the words house, or home, first leaving off 
the h, and then putting it on and speaking it again. 

Rule 4. These eight letters, A, E, I, 0, U, W, Y, and H, have no numerical value ; 
excepting when H forms part of an articulation, as heard in this, shop, chess. 

Rule 5. Articulations, in some cases, embrace more than simple consonants, and are 
represented by Th, as heard in ^igh, thy, and theme, them, also by Ch, as heard in cheese, 
Sh, in sheep, and Zh, as heard in measure, Azure. 

Rule 6. The following classification of the Articulations are made by a uniform 
termination of e. F is spoken as heard in fear, M as in mete r S as in sea, K as in key. 
I may be placed before n, or e after it, — in, or ne. 

classification and numerical value of the articulations. 

1 = Te, De, The, — as heard in ^eme, ^em, ^igh, thy, tie, die. 

2 = Ne, in, in a, — as heard in near, sin, sing. 

3 = Me, — mete, mite, mote, mate. 



O MEMOEIA TECHNICA. 

4 == Be, — rear, roar. 

5 = Le, — Zetter, Zater, Zight, Zat, lily. 

6 = Che, Je, She, Zhe, — cheese, gem, sheep, azure. 

Note. — J and G are the same in articulation and value. 

7 = Ke, Que, Ghe, — key, king, queen, geese, ghost, cat, cot, cut. 

Note. — C hard is the same in articulation with K, and has the same value. 

8 = Fe, Ve, — year, veal, feasant, physic. 

9 = Pe, Be, — ^?ea, bee. 

= Se, Ze, and soft C, — sea, zeal, ceiling, cease. 

Rule 8. In sing, sang, sung, singer, long, the G has no value ; but in hunger, longer, 
congress, the G is articulated, and has the value of G hard, as heard in go, egg. 

Rule 9. The position of the articulating organs remains unchanged while uttering all 
that is assigned to each numeral, or figure, only so far as is necessary to utter those which 
are in pairs, first a light and then a heavy sound. Thus when we say P, what other 
letter can we speak, and not change the organs of speech ? Answer, B. So with the 
others, as will be seen by carefully repeating them. 

Some of the letters which stand for the figures will be best remembered by noticing the 
following analogies. Note the similarity of beginning to speak (cypher) and c soft, and 
se ; also 0, (zero,) ze. Figure 1 is made with one downward stroke of the pen, so is t, in 
common hand writing ; 2 in the Roman numerals is made with two downward strokes, so 
is n ; and 3 strokes for three ; so with m; R is the fourth letter of the word four ; and L 
for 5, not 50, &c. 

Rule 10. C before a, o, and u, is hard, and articulated like K; also Ch, in cAorus, 
character, and is = 7. 

Rule 11. X is equal to two articulations, as heard in axe, ox, = ahs, oks, and there- 
fore is 70 ; or 76, as heard in luxury, = lu&sAury. 

Rule 12. Double letters, when pronounced by one articulation, are but one in value, 
as heard in egg, letter, pepper ; but when separated by a soft or a hard sound, or by a 
syllabic division, so as to give each, letter a distinct articulation, then each letter has its 
numerical value; thus, accept, 7091 ; suggest, 07601 ; book-keeper, 97794, &c. 

Rule 13. Silent letters have no value, and no letter is translated into figures, unless 
articulated, — Dutch, 16; paZm, 93; lamb, 53. 

Rule 14. The apostrophic S is not translated ; thus, man's duty, 3211. 

Rule 15. S in the third person singular of verbs is not translated ; thus, the bird flies, 
the boy runs. The same rule applies to the three words, is, was, and has, from the verb 
to be. 

Rule 16. Connecting words are not translated. Such are a, an, the, for, of, from, 
between, through, up, but, &c. 



NUMERICAL KEY. 



ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE FOREGOING RULES. 

Note. — The student should learn to enunciate the consonant sounds, or aHiculations, in each of the fol- 
lowing words ; for it will be observed that the word is rendered into figures, from the articulations, or as 
the word sounds, and not always as it is spelled. Thus, the consonant sounds which we articulate in the 
word Tough, are tefe, as if was spelled tuf; and Eough, ruf; Physic, fisxk ; Luxury, lukshury ; Oxygen, 
oksegen ; Ocean, oshan. It is not necessary even to spell the word before articulating it. First pronounce 
the word, and then ask for the consonant sounds. Thus, if the word be Date, say de te ; Name, ne me ; Nail, 
ne le ; Lamb, le me ; Dutch, de che. 



1. "Words with one Articulation. 

Say, see, sigh, 0. 

Tie, die, thy, thigh, though, 1. 

Nay, &now, now, nigh, 2. 

May, mow, my, 3. 

Ray, raw, wry, 4. 

Lay, lie, 5. 

Chew, Jew, shoe, Asia, 6. 

Key, quay,go, 7. 

Foe, vow, fee, 8. 

Pie, bay, happy, 9. 

3. Words with three Articulations. 
Realm, 453. 
Pepper, 994. 
Winter, 214. 
Measure, 364. 



2. Words with two Articulations. 
Size, 00. 

Tight, tidy, taught, thought, 11. 
Noon, noun, &nown, 22. 
Mum, Maim, 33. 
Rare, rear, roar, 44. 
Lily, lowly, loyal, 55. 
Judge, Q6. 

Keg, cook, quick, 77. 
Five, fife, fief, 88. 
Pipe, baby, pappy, 98. 

4. Words with four Articulations. 
Divinity, 1821. 
Depend, 1921. 
Number, 2394. 
Delicate, Delegate, 1571. 
Patriot, 9141. 
Ridicule, 4175. 
Attribute, 1491. 
Possessor, 9004. 

Words translated into Figures according to eighth Rule. Long, 52 ; 
song, 02 ; sing, 02 ; singer, 024; thong, 12 ; tongue, 12 ; tongs, 120 ; ringer, 424; hunger, 
274; longer, 5274; congress, 72740; finger, 8274. 

According to tenth Rule. Cat, 71; came, 73; colony, 752; accept, 7091; 
success, 0700. 

Rule 11. Ax, 70 ; tax, 170 ; sex, 070 ; wax, 70 ; text, 1701 ; oxygen, 7062 ; luxury, 
5764; anxiously, 27605. 

Rule 12. Letter, 514; pepper, 994; egg, 7; all, 5; loss, 50. 

Rule 13. ~Nigh, 2 ; know, 2 ; knife, 28 ; pa&n, 93 ; trough, 148 ; rough, 48 ; laugh, 58 ; 
cough, 78; notion, 262; commotion, 7362; mission, 362; satiate, 061; satiety, 011; ocean, 62. 

Rule 14. Peter's cane, 91472; man's duty, 3211. 

Rule 15. The bird flies, 94185 ; man runs, 3242; God is wise; 710 ; man was good, 
3271, but man has sinned, 32021. 

Rule 16. From Boston to New York, 9012247. A curious, 740, name, tho' rough, 2348. 

WORDS FOR EXERCISE IN TRANSLATING INTO FIGURES. 

Moisture, 3014; verdure, 8464; nature, 264; Russia, 46 ; lynx, 5270; virtue, 846; 
axiom, 703 ; caught, 71 ; maxim, 3703 ; excel, 705 ; text, 1701 ; rapture, 4914; rage, 46 ; 
rag, 47 ; rock, 47 ; cake, 77 ; Mississippi, 3009 ; measles, 3051 ; scissors, 0040. 

Note. — In translating words of four articulations, the best method is to translate two at a time. 
Thus, in the word divinity, say de ve, 18, ne te, 21, — 1821. 

2 



10 MEMORIA TECHNICA. 

APPLICATION OF THE NUMERICAL KEY. 

1. Having become familiar with the manner of translating letters into figures, and 
words into numbers, we will see how far this arrangement can be made to aid the memory 
of dates, in history, of latitudes and longitudes, and numbers in geography, astronomy, 
specific gravities, &c. 

2. Words are the signs of ideas ; they serve as conductors of ideas to the understanding 
and to the retentive faculties, while figures are signs of words ; — they are the signs of 
signs, therefore, and hence there is good reason why words can be remembered better 
than figures. 

3. The indicating words should not be left alone, but should be made members of a 
sentence. The sentence should only be made long enough to form a relation between 
the event, or fact, and the words which denote the figures. If the sentence be made to 
read smoothly, and to accord with the student's own sense of propriety, he will find it re- 
quiring no more effort of mind to retain the indicating words, and therefore the date, 
than to remember the event only ; thus saving all the time required to impress dates in 
figures into the mind. 

EXAMPLES. 

1. At the Creation of the World,—- Arose the Sire, 4004 

2. The birth of Cain gave to his parents more joy than—-' Roses in May, 4003 

3. Cain killed Abel, which was like a — Move for cash, 3876 

4. After the Death of Adam, the people put on a — Mask of war, 3074 

5. The translation of Enoch, at the age of 365, was deemed a — Mistake, 3017 

6. Noah began to build the Ark, where he received the — Honor of a chief, 2468 

7. Methuselah died at 969 years of age, by an Enemy, though rife, 2348 

8. The Universal Deluge was a — great Name but rough, 2348 

See One Thousand Historical Events, and all the sections where the answers are given 
in figures, — also Appendix A. 

PRINCIPLES AND RULES FOR MEMORIZING DISSIMILAR 
WORDS AND TOPICS GENERALLY. 

1. It is now necessary to make perfectly familiar one hundred places, that we may 
avail ourselves of the power of locality, and to place one hundred things in those places, 
that we may have the materials at hand for carrying on associations. 

2. For the places, we will present before our minds & flight of one hundred steps, on 
which we will place objects of sense, the names of which will be preceded by an adjective 
(the qualifying word.) The numerical value of the first articulation of the adjective will 
determine the step on which the thing should be placed. 

3. On the first step will be placed a Tight Mug, on the second a Aew Cricket, on the 
third a M)dern Urn, and so on ; when the tenth step is reached, it will be necessary to 
use two articulations ; thus, on the tenth step we will place a DoZ'mg Chair ; on the elev- 
enth, a Tidy Quail ; and on the twelfth, a Tiny Quack. 

4. These adjectives and nouns will be used as prompters and symbols, for memorizing 
by associations, and for preserving the numerical order of the things committed. See the 
Sovereigns of England, as an example. 

5. In committing these prompters and symbols, it is only necessary to articulate the indi- 
cating letters of the adjective ; thus, ie de, tidy quail ; te ne, tiny quack ; te me, tame parrot.* 

* See Appendix B. 



NUMERICAL KEY. 



11 



LIST OF PROMPTERS AND SYMBOLS ON THE 100 STEPS. 



1 Stout or Dear Gig. 

2 New Cricket. 

3 Modern Urn. 

4 Rich Banner. 

5 Long Girdle. 

6 Chief Judge. 

7 Curious Dog. 

8 Fine Cane. 

9 Bold Puma. 

10 Dozing Chair. 

11 Tidy Quail. 

12 Tiny Quack. 

13 Tame Parrot. 

14 Daring Lion. 

15 Tall Broom. 

16 Dutch Barrel. 

1 7 Decorated Church. 

18 Tough Jug. 

19 Tabby Cat. 

20 Nice Game. 

21 Noted Bear. 

22 Known Bottle. 

23 Nameless Brush. 

24 Narrow Musket. 

25 Null Horn. 



26 New-shaped Loom. 51 

27 Naked Ladder. 52 

28 Novel Goldfinch. 53 

29 Noble House. 54 

30 Mossy Boat. 55 

31 Metallic Spoon. 56 

32 Mean Guitar. 57 

33 Mimic Wheel. 58 

34 Marble Bench. 59 

35 Small Cloak. 60 

36 Missionary Man. 61 

37 Mock Diadem. 62 

38 Moving Tumbler. 63 

39 Maple Apple. 64 

40 Rosy Tobacco. 65 

41 Red Trumpet. 66 

42 Running Pony. 67 

43 Roman Groom. 68 

44 Rare Spool. 69 

45 Real Shoe. 70 

46 Wretched Fence. 71 

47 Ragged Net. 72 

48 Roving Army. 73 

49 Ripe Oyster. 74 

50 Lazy Camel. 75 



Little Watch. 
Lean Elephant. 
Luminous Lamp. 
Large Drum. 
Loyal Rein-Deer. 



Lashed-up Coach. 81 
Lucky Lark. 
Lively Fife. 
Liberty Cap. 
Chosen Mirror. 
Shot Eagle. 



82 
83 
84 
85 

86 



Shining Blue-Jay. 87 
Gem Book. 88 

Cheerless Nun. 89 
Shallow Dome. 90 
Judge Moor. 91 

Chalk Pail. 92 

Shivered Calico. 93 
Cheap Wheat. 94 
Costly Mt. Auburn. 95 
Quiet Tomb. 96 

Cunning Squirrel. 97 
Common Deluge. 98 
Queer Mouse. 99 
Clothes Basket. 100 



Kitchen-Room. 
Quick Tiger. 
Quivering Lily. 
Capacious Asia. 
Fuzzy Palm Leaf. 
Foot Organ. 
Fancy Comb. 
Famed Mt. Tabor. 
Fair Jew. 
Foolish Peacock. 
Fashionable Sofa. 
Vigorous Crane. 
Vivid Water. 
Vaporous Umbrella 
Passable Ledge. 
Beautiful Rose. 
Bending Grain. 
Bemoaning Lamb. 
Bright Fire. 
Blunt Awl. 
Patched Rug. 
Begging Window. 
Befitting Crown. 
Poppy Blossom. 
Decisive Wire. 



The terminating articulation in each of these symbols (the nouns) stands for the one 
hundred years of a century, in a rule that follows. 

It is necessary that these prompters and symbols should be perfectly familiar, and by 
an effort of the imagination, or mind's-eye, thoroughly located on the one hundred steps. 
To do this effectually, the learner should first go carefully through them, articulating the 
first consonant sounds of the adjective, and locate the symbol on its corresponding step, 
and then reverse the exercise, and ask himself for the symbol on the fifteenth step, on the 
twenty-fourth, the thirty-sixth, forty-eighth, seventy-fourth, eighty-eighth, ninety-ninth, 
until speaking the number of the step, will bring the right symbol as readily as to articulate 
the adjective. 

We are now prepared to remember things by locating them on these steps, with the 
symbols, which are all labelled with their appropriate number, by the adjective belonging 
to each symbol. It remains for the learner, by an effort of the imagination, to form some 
relation between these symbols and whatever may be new, or difficult to be recollected. 
If the association be well made, or the relation be well established between the familiar 
idea and the new one, th^ familiar idea [symbol] will call up the new idea. 

In committing the following one hundred towns, and all the succeeding sections of 
dissimilar words, which are to be committed to memory, the pupil should seek some point 
of analogy, or similarity of sound, by which he may establish a relation between the sym- 
bol and the fact or name to be remembered. For example, if I wish to remember that 
Philadelphia is the second city in population, I will either locate the New Cricket in 
some place in that city, or seek some historical reminiscence about the place, from which 
I can draw a picture upon my retentive faculties. Take New York for an instance, 



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MEMORIA TECHNICA. 



which was named from the Duke of York. I will then see the Duke of York riding 
through the city, and drinking Croton water from a Tight Mug ; or if it be 
Philadelphia, I will see William Penn, its venerable founder, seated on a Cricket, 
drawing the plan of the city ; or Baltimore, I will place the Urn on Lord Baltimore's 
table, after whom the city was named. I will unfurl the Banner on the State House at 
New Orleans, to commemorate the victorious battle fought by Gen. Jackson in our last 
war with Great Britain, on the 8th of January, 1815, — thus marking it with the fourth 
symbol, as the fourth city in population ; and so on. 



THE MEMORIZING OF ISOLATED WORDS. 



ONE HUNDRED CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE UNITED STATES, ARRANGED IN 
THE ORDER OF THEIR POPULATION ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF 1840. 

Each town is to be memorized on the symbol of the same number, principally by 
locating the symbol in the town. The population of towns presents so much variation 
each year that it is not introduced. 



1 New York, N. Y. 

2 Philadelphia, Pa. 

3 Baltimore, Md. 

4 New Orleans, La. 
o Boston, Mass. 

6 Cincinnati, 0. 

7 Brooklyn. N. Y. 

8 Albany, N. Y. 

9 Charleston, S. C. 

10 Washington, D. C. 

11 Providence, R. I. 

12 Louisville, Kj. 

13 Pittsburg, Pa. 

14 Lowell, Mass. 

15 Rochester, N. Y. 

16 Richmond, Va. 

17 Troy, N. Y. 

18 Buffalo, N. Y. 

19 Newark, N. J. 

20 St. Louis, Mo. 

21 Portland, Me. 

22 Salem, Mass. 

23 New Haven, Ct. 

24 Utica, N. Y. 

25 New Bedford, Mass. 

26 Mobile, Ala. 

27 Charlestown, Mass. 

28 Savannah, Ga. 

29 Petersburg, Va. 

30 Salina, N. Y. 

31 Springfield, Mass. 

32 Norfolk, Va. 

33 Fishkill, N. Y. 

34 Alleghany, Pa. 



35 Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

36 Smithfield, R. I. 

37 Hartford, Ct. 

38 Lynn, Mass. 

39 Lockport, N. Y. 

40 Detroit, Mich. 

41 Roxbury, Mass. 

42 Nantucket, Mass. 

43 Newburg, N. Y. 

44 New Brunswick, N. J. 

45 Bangor, Me. 

46 Alexandria, D. C. 

47 Lancaster, Pa. 

48 Reading, Pa. 

49 Cambridge, Mass. 

50 Wilmington, Del. 

51 Newport, R. I. 

52 Portsmouth, N. H. 

53 Wheeling, Va. 

54 Taunton, Mass. 

55 Patterson, N. J. 

56 Worcester, Mass. 

57 Norwich, Ct. 

58 Georgetown, D. C. 

59 Mount Pleasant, N. Y. 

60 Middletown, Ct. 

61 Fredericton, Md. 

62 Newburyport, Mass. 

63 Seneca, N. Y. 

64 Lexington, Ky. 

65 Nashville, Tenn. 

66 Schenectady, N. Y. 

67 Fall River, Mass. 



68 Warwick, R. I. 

69 Portsmouth, Va. 

70 Dover, N. H. 

71 Plattsburg, N. Y. 

72 Augusta, Ga. 

73 Lynchburg, Va. 

74 Gloucester, Mass. 

75 Thomaston, Me. 

76 Cleveland, O. 

77 Dayton, O. 

78 Nashua, N H. 

79 Columbus, O. 

80 Harrisburg, Pa. 

81 Kingston, N. Y. 

82 Rome, N. Y. 

83 Hudson, N. Y. 

84 Auburn, N. Y. 

85 Canandaigua, N. Y. 

86 Ithica, N. Y. 

87 Marblehead, Mass. 

88 New London, Ct. 

89 Catskill, N. Y. 

90 Augusta, Me. 

91 Plymouth, Mass. 

92 Andover, Mass. 

93 Steubenville, 0. 

94 Hagarstown, Md. 

95 Bath, Me. 

96 Syracuse, N. Y. 

97 Williamsburg, N. Y. 

98 Middleborough, Mass. 

99 Gardiner, Me. 
100 Watertown, N. Y. 



NUMERICAL KEY. 



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CAPITALS OF AMERICA AND EUROPE. 



1 Kingston, Canada. 

2 Washington, U. S. 

3 Mexico, Mexico. 

4 St. Salvador, Guat. 

5 Bogota, New Grenada. 

6 Caraccas, Venezuela. 

7 Quito, Equador. 

8 Lima, Peru. 

9 Chuquisaca, Bolivia. 

10 Rio Janeiro, Brazil. 

11 Assumption, Paraguay. 

12 Montevideo, Uraguay. 



13 Santiago, Chili. 

14 Buenos Ayres, La Plata. 

15 Stockholm, Sweden. 

16 Copenhagen, Denmark. 

17 St. Petersburg, Russia. 

18 Hanover, Hanover. 

19 London, England, 

20 Amsterdam, Holland. 

21 Brussels, Belgium. 

22 Berlin, Prussia. 

23 Dresden, Saxony. 

24 Stutgardt, Wurternburg. 



25 Munich, Bavaria. 

26 Berne, Switzerland. 

27 Paris, France. 

28 Madrid, Spain. 

29 Lisbon, Portugal. 

30 Turin, Sardinia. 

31 Florence, Tuscany. 

32 Rome, Papal States. 

33 Naples, Naples. 

34 Vienna, Austria. 

35 Constantinople, Turkey. 

36 Athens, Greece. 



CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE, 

IN WHICH THE DAY OF THE WEEK IS DETERMINED WHEN THE DAY OF THE 
MONTH AND THE YEAR ARE GIVEN — AND THE DAY OF THE MONTH, WHEN 
THE YEAR AND MONTH ARE KNOWN, WHICH SERVES AS A PERPETUAL 
ALMANAC. 



Rule 1st. Set down the day of the month in which any event occurred. 
Rule 2d. Set down the number for the month, as follows : 



November, February, March, - 

June, 1 

September and December, - 2 

April and July, - - - - 3 

Rule 3d. The number for the year will 
each symbol. Thus, le in girdle, ne in cane. 



October and January, 
May, 

August, 



swers to the year, 
thousand years. 



be found in the terminating articulation of 
se in house, denote the number which an- 
the hundred symbols answering to the years of a century for two 



Rule 4th. Set down the number for the century, as follows : 



r the first century, - 


- 2 


" second " - 


1 


" third " 


- 


" fourth " - 


6 


" fifth " 


- 5 


" sixth " - 


4 


" seventh " 


- 3 


" eighth " - 


2 


" ninth " 


- 1 


" tenth " - 





" eleventh " 


- 6 



For the 


twelfth century, 


5 


u 


thirteenth " 


4 


u 


fourteenth " - 


3 


a 


fifteenth " 


2 


a 


sixteenth " - 


1 


a 


seventeenth" 


O.S. 


a 


" " 


4N.S. 


a 


eighteenth " 


2 


a 


nineteenth " - 





a 


twentieth " 


5 



Rule 5th. Add these numbers together, and divide them by the number of days in a 
week — 7. If there be no remainder, the day of the week will be Saturday. If there be 
a remainder, it will denote the day of the week corresponding to the number left. 



14 MEMORIA .TECHNICA. 

FIRST EXAMPLE. 

The fourth day of 4 

July, - - - 3 

1844, — forty-fourth symbol is Spool, 5 

Nineteenth Century, - - - 

7)12 — 5 remainder, — Thursday. 

Note. — If the date fall on January or February of Leap Year, the day of the week falls back to the 
preceding day. Thus, an event occurring on the 1st of January, 1844, will appear in figures to occur on 
the 2d. Every year that can be divided by 4, without a remainder, is Leap Year. 

SECOND EXAMPLE. 

The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth on the twenty-second of December, 1620, old style. 
The number for the century will therefore be 0, (nothing.) Thus : 
22 day of the month, 
* 2 number for the month, 
3 number for the year from the twentieth symbol, Nice Gnme-me, 3, 
number for the century, 
7)27 — 6 remainder, — Friday. 

THIRD EXAMPLE. 

Our Saviour was crucified on the third day of April, in the thirty-third year of the 
first century. 3 

3 
5 
_2 
7)13 — 6, Friday. 

RULE FOR DETERMINING THE DAY OF THE MONTH. 

To find the day of the month, some day within a week of the time sought for must be 
supposed, and then proceed to prove, by the foregoing rule, what day of the month the 
supposed day is ; then reckon from that day to the present one, thus : — I am writing this 
rule on the 8th day of June, 1846. If I were uncertain as to what day of the month it 
is, I might suppose it to be the 6th, for instance. I can at once determine whether it be 
the 6th, by applying the rule. Thus : 

6 the day of the month supposed, 

1 the number for the month, — June, 

the terminating articulation in the forty-sixth symbol — Ce, in Fence, 

the number for the nineteenth century, 

7 the numbers added, and divided by 7, — remains, 

This proves that the sixth day was Saturday. If Saturday was the sixth, then to-day 
being Monday, is the eighth. Familiarity with the tables in this rule is necessary to 
make it available, and when all parts are familiarized, the process can be gone through 
with mentally, much more rapidly than in any other way. The- author does not trouble 
himself with an almanac from one year's end to another, to determine the day of the 
month, the rule being quite sufficient for that purpose. 

Note. — The advantages of this rule to Bankers and all business men, who have frequent occasion to 
date their papers on a future given day, will be fully realized, especially if they do not wish them to fall 
due on the Sabbath, for the rule is correct to the end of the twentieth century ; and the gratification it 
sometimes affords, to be able to determine the day of the week on which certain events occurred in the 
history of past centuries, is also apparent. 



NUMERICAL KEY. 15 



QUESTIONS ON THE NUMERICAL KEY. 

What articulations stand for ? for 13 ? for 2 ? 3 ? 4? 5 ? 6 ? 7 ? 8 ? 9 ? For what 
figure does C soft stand ? C hard ? G soft ? G hard ? Ch as heard in cheese ? as heard 
in chorus ? What does X stand for ? What is the value of double letters when express- 
ed by one articulation ? When double letters are both articulated, how is it ? When 
letters are silent, and not articulated, are they, or are they not, translated into figures ? 
How is it with the apostrophic S and verbs of the third person singular ? How is it with 
is, was, and has, and all connecting words ? 



QUESTIONS ON THE APPLICATION OF THE NUMERICAL KEY. 

Of what are words the original signs ? Of what are the signs of figures ? Which are 
the hardest to remember ? Of what should the indicating words be made a member ? 
Repeat the eight examples. 



o 



QUESTIONS ON THE PROMPTERS AND SYMBOLS. 

How are the prompters and symbols formed ? Ans. By an adjective and noun. 

How are they soonest learned ? A. By learning to enunciate or articulate the conso- 
nant sounds of the adjective. 

What is the chief use of the adjective ? A. To determine the number of every thing 
with which it may be associated. 

How many articulations of the adjective are used for that purpose ? 

What are we to place before our minds on which to find one hundred places ? 

What are we to place on them ? 

With what are we to make an association of all the things we wish to remember ? 
A. With the symbols on the steps. 

How is this chiefly to be done ? A. By the imagination. 



QUESTIONS ON THE CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 

What is the first Rule ? the second ? third ? fourth ? fifth ? sixth ? seventh ? What 
are the numbers for the several months ? for January ? February ? March ? April ? 
May? June? July? August? September? October? November? December? What 
are the numbers for the twenty centuries ? What day of the week does the number for 
the first century answer to ? A. Monday. The second ? the third ? fourth ? fifth ? sixth ? 
seventh ? 

When an event falls on January or February of Leap Year, how is the answer gained ? 



16 MEMORIA TECHNICA. 



HINTS TO THE LEARNER. 

The greatest difficulty that the pupil will find, in committing the dates of the 
Events, will be in joining the date words to the event by a sentence. This will lead to 
sentence-making, which, difficult as it may be found at first, will become comparatively 
easy by trying. Take, for example, the 9th Event, — The first Vineyard planted by 
Noah. Now, let the learner ask himself, How shall I join to this Event the indicating 
words Numb Rage ? and usually by the time you have asked yourself the question, the 
ingenious resources of the mind will furnish an answer. 

The sentence should be short as possible, and yet long enough to form a relation between 
the event and the date word ; which relation will serve as an inclined plane on which the 
thoughts will run, when the event is spoken, to the date words. If the relation be well estab- 
lished, no further labor will be required to remember the date of that Event. This is better 
than if the sentences were all made up beforehand. 

To make indicating words for numbers, and then to put those words into a relation with 
the events, furnish exercise in the sounds of the letters, in the spelling and pronouncing 
of words, in composing and decomposing words, finding what letters are mute, and what 
are articulated, and in the composing of sentences, &c. &c. all of which, aside from aid- 
ing the memory, are useful as a means of mental culture. 

The one thousand events are divided into ten series, embracing 100 Events in each; 
also into twenty periods, with the characteristic of each period given : for example, the 
time of the old world is called the "Antediluvian Age." The indicating words and cor- 
responding figures represent the length of time from one period to another. 

These indicating words should be put into a relation with the characteristic of the 
age : Thus — 

The Antediluvians, when the Deluge came, could not Dodge a Ledge. 
At the Confusion of Languages, the people made their Harangue go. 

QUESTIONS OR HINTS TO LEARNERS. 

What will be the greatest difficulty in learning the date words of the Events ? 

How is that difficulty overcome ? 

When we ask ourselves the question on sentence-making, from whence comes the 
answer? 

How should the sentence be made ? 

If the relation be well established between the Event and date words, what is the 
result ? 

What are the advantages of making date words — and then making them the member 
of a sentence, aside from aiding the memory ? 

How many series are the 1000 Events divided into ? and how many periods ? 

How should the Events be divided for study ? A. By the periods, and not by the series. 

How can the order or number of an Event be remembered ? A. By placing the 
corresponding adjective in the sentence. 

Examples. 8. The Universal Deluge is a Fine Name tho' Rough. 

34. Abraham at his death did not appear like a Marble Divinity. 



ONE THOUSAND HISTORICAL EVENTS, 

WITH THE DATES. 

Note. — It will be seen that these Events are like so many mile-stones, set up in the 
order of their occurrence, along the stream of time, forming the frame-work of the world's 
history. The pupil should fill up the spaces between, by his future reading, He will 
find the Bible, and some good compend of Universal and Ecclesiastical History, necessary 
companions for this purpose. 

FIRST SERIES. 

ONE HUNDRED EVENTS. 



PERIOD I. 

From the Creation to the Deluge. 
Antediluvian age. — Dodge a Ledge, 1656. 



1 Creation of the World. 


B.C. 

Arose the Sire, 4004 


2 Birth of Cain. 


Roses in May, 4003 


3 Cain killed Abel. 


Move for cash, 3876 


4 Death of Adam. 


Mask of war, 3074 


5 Translation of Enoch, aged 365. 


Mistake, 3017 


6 Noah began to build the Ark. 


Honor of a chief, 2468 


7 Death of Methuselah, aged 969. 


Enemy though rife, 2348 


8 Universal Deluge. 


Name but rough, 2348 


PERIOD 


II. 



From the Deluge to the call of Abranam. 
Confusion of languages. — Harangue go, 427. 

9 First Vineyard, planted by Noah. Numb rage, 2346 

10 Noah cursed his grandson Canaan. Numb race, 2340 

11 Tower of Babel built. New anarchy, 2247 

12 Nimrod founded the kingdom of Babylon. Now antique, 2217 

13 Ashur built Nineveh. Ninny dog, 2217 

14 Kingdom of Egypt founded. Neat fief, 2188 

15 Dynasty of the Shepherd Kings of Egypt. Unsavory, 2084 

16 Birth of Abraham. Day of a poppy show, 1996 

17 Call of Abraham. Depend, 1921 

PERIOD m. 

Froni the call of Abraham to the departure of the Israelites from Egypt. 
Egyptian bondage. — Remiss, 430. 

18 Separation of Abraham and Lot. Thy happiness, 1920 

19 Abraham built an altar in Canaan. Idea of happiness, 1920 

20 Abram rescued Lot from the four kings. Day for beating, 1912 

21 Melchisedec blessed Abraham. Aid of botany, 1912 

3 



18 



ME3I0RIA TECHNICA. 



22 Birth of Ishmael. 

23 Circumcision instituted. 

24 Abraham entertained three angels. 

25 Lot's wife became a pillar of salt. 

26 Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. 

27 Birth of Isaac. 

28 King Abimelech took Sarah from Abraham. 

29 Abraham offered his son Isaac in sacrifice. 

30 Death of Sarah. 

31 Marriage of Isaac and Rebecca. 

32 Kingdom of Argos founded by Inachus. 

33 Birth of Esau and Jacob. 

34 Death of Abraham. 

35 Invention of letters by Memnon, the Egyptian. 

36 Esau sold his birthright for a mess of pottage. 

37 Jacob thro' deceit obtained the blessing of Isaac. 

38 Death of Ishmael. 

39 The deluge of Ogyges, a Grecian king. 

40 Jacob fled from the wrath of Esau. 

41 Jacob's dream at Bethel. 

42 Rebecca died. 

43 Jacob married Leah and Rachel. 

44 Birth of Joseph. 

45 Jacob returned and was reconciled to Esau. 

46 Shechemites massacred by the brothers of Dinah. 

47 Joseph sold by his brethren. 

48 Joseph persecuted for his chastity in the house of Potiphar 

49 Death of Isaac. 

50 Joseph made prime minister of Egypt. 

51 Joseph's brothers went down to Egypt to buy corn. 

52 Joseph made himself known to his brethren. 

53 Jacob and all his household went down to Egypt. 

54 Jacob died in Egypt after blessing his twelve sons. 

55 Jacob's remains transported from Egypt to Canaan. 

56 Joseph died. 

57 Chronology of the Arundelian marbles began. 

58 Aaron born. 

59 Pharaoh's edict to destroy male Hebrew children. 

60 Moses born and miraculously preserved. 

61 Cecrops settled Attica. 

62 Scamander founded the kingdom of Troy. 

63 Moses fled to Jethro, whom he served forty years. 

64 Deluge of Deucalion in Thessaly. 

65 The council of the Amphictyons established. 

66 Cadmus introduced the Phenician letters into Greece. 

67 Miracle of the burning bush. 

68 Moses returned to Egypt. 



Adopt us, 1910 

Tough book, 1897 

Tough book, 1897 

Tough book, 1897 

Tough book, 1897 

Dove on the bush, 1896 

Dove on the bush, 1896 

Dove to God, 1871 

Tough leap, 18.59 

Two in the flesh, 1856 

Tough ledge, 1856 

Tough match. 1836 

Divinity, 1821 

Divine idea, 1821 

Tough dish, 1816 

Took the cup, 1779 

Attack on game, 1773 

Thick shower, 1764 

Dog leap, 1759 

Thick low boy, 1759 

Talk lowly, 1755 

*Colony, 1752 

*Cruel, 1745 

Die in the camp, 1739 

Thick muss, 1730 

*Convoy, 1728 

Decked wife, 1718 

Thick dash, 1716 

Dig and toil, 1715 

Thick sack, 1707 

Thick sash, 1706 

Thick sash, 1706 

Dutch fop, 1689 

Dutch fop, 1689 

Dutch mill, 1635 

Tall fine, 1582 

*Liquor, 1574 

Tall gain, 1572 

Delicate, 1571 

Tall ledge, 1556 

Duller age, 1546 

* Almighty, 1531 

Toilsome, 1503 

*Rebuke, 1497 

Turban, 1492 

Tribute, 1491 

Tribute, 1491 



* The star indicates that the letter which furnishes 1 is wanting in the word. The figure 1 stands for 
one thousand, which is left for the pupil's understanding to supply ; which gives us some more appropri- 
ate indicating words than we could otherwise obtain. Every indicating word should be regarded as a 
specimen word, the best that occurred to the writer at the time. If a better word should occur to the 
learner, he is at full liberty to displace the one now selected. 



NUMERICAL KEY. 



19 



PERIOD IV. 

From the Departure of the Israelites to the Dedication of the Temple. 

Trojan war. — Revoke, 487. 



69 Pharaoh and his host drowned in the Red Sea. 

70 Law from Mount Sinai. 

71 Israel worshipped the Golden Calf. 

72 Passover instituted. 

73 Tabernacle set up in the wilderness. 

74 Nadab and Abihu struck with sudden death. 

75 The blasphemers stoned by order of Moses. 

76 Moses sent twelve spies into the promised land. 

77 Destruction of Koran, Dathan, and Abiram. 

78 Dardanus founded the city of Troy. 

79 Erection of the brazen serpent, by order of Moses. 

80 Aaron died on Mount Hor. 

81 Balaam's ass spoke, and reproved his master. 

82 Moses died on Mount JSTebo in sight of Canaan. 

83 The Israelites cross Jordan under Joshua. 

84 Fall of Jericho under the trumpets of Joshua. 

85 Achan stoned, with his wife and children, by Joshua's 

86 The sun and moon stood still on Mount Gibeon. 

87 Final conquest of Canaan under command of Joshua. 

88 The tabernacle set up on Shiloa. 

89 Death of Joshua. 

90 Cushan, king of Mesopotamia, enslaves Israel. 

91 First Jubilee celebrated in Israel. 

92 Ceres teaches the Athenians the art of agriculture. 

93 Ruth followed Naomi to Bethlehem. 

94 Institution of the Olympic games. 

95 Deborah the prophetess ruled Israel. 

96 Ninus founded the Assyrian Empire. 

97 Argonautic expedition for the golden fleece. 

98 Tyre founded. 

99 Gideon rescued Israel from the Midianites. 
100 Abimelech slew seventy of his brethren. 



Watery bed 

Attribute 

Dear abode 

Dear abode 

Dear piece 

Troops 

Hydrophobia 

Dear fib 

Rough foe 

Turf house 

Dare lean 

Dare a lion 

Droll head 

Dare lead 

Dear lot 

Tearless 

order. Tearless 

Tearless 

Dare rule 

Water roar, 

Odor of a worm 

Straight home 

Dumb bush 

Time and fame 

Sweet maiden 

Sweet music 

Downfall 

Stone jug, 

Hidden gem 

Tiny lily 

Tiny roll 

Attain homage 



1491 
1491 
1491 
1491 
1490 
1490 
1489 
1489 
1488 
1480 
1452 
1452 
1451 
1451 
1451 
1450 
1450 
1450 
1445 
1444 
1443 
1413 
1396 
1383 
1312 
1307 
1285 
1267 
1263 
1255 
1245 
1236 



SECOND SERIES. 

ONE HUNDRED EVENTS. 



Carthage built by a colony of Tyrians. 

Jephthah sacrificed his daughter. 

The destruction of Troy. 

Birth of Samuel. 

Samuel offered to the Lord by his mother. 

Birth of Sampson. 



Dun mummy, 1233 

Wedded vow go, 1187 

Hot wood fire, 1184 

Tidy and good, 1171 

Duty to Jehovah, 1168 

Witty Delilah, 1155 



Sampson killed one thousand Philistines with a jaw-bone. Stout match, 1136 



20 



MEMORIA TECHNICA. 



8 Sampson carried off the gates of Gaza. 

9 Sampson's overthrow of the temple and his death. 

10 Mariner's compass used in China. 

11 Saul was anointed first king of Israel by Samuel. 

12 Jonathan, with his armor-bearer, defeated the Philistines. 

13 David born at Bethlehem. 

14 Samuel hewed king Agag in pieces. 

15 David killed Goliath. 
1G David played on his harp to drive away Saul's melancholy. 

17 David anointed secretly by Samuel. 

18 David fled to escape the jealous wrath of Saul. 

19 Abimelech and 85 other priests killed by order of Saul. 

20 David feigned madness to escape from king Achish. 

21 Death of Samuel. 

22 City of Ziglag presented to David by king Achish. 

23 Saul raised the ghost of Samuel — witch of Endor. 

24 Thieves of Ziglag carried away the wives and treasures of David. 

25 David destroyed the thieves of Ziglag, and recovered his wives. 

26 Saul committed suicide on mount Gilboa. 

27 David elected king of Israel. 

28 Abner proclaimed Ishbosheth king of Israel. 

29 Abner assassinated by Joab. 

30 Ishbosheth murdered, and his head carried to David. 

31 Amnon slain by his brother Absalom. 

32 David forgave Absalom the murder of his brother Amnon 

33 Absalom's rebellion against David. 

34 Absalom killed by Joab. 

35 Sheba revolted against David at the head of ten tribes. 

36 Great pestilence sent upon Israel at the option of David. 

37 Death of David. 

38 Adonijah, brother of Solomon, proclaimed king. 

39 Solomon crowned king of Israel. 

40 Adonijah and Joab put to death by order of Solomon. 

41 Solomon's judgment upon the child. 

42 Solomon dedicated the temple. 



Stout owner, 

Odd attack 

Stout idol 

Disciple 

Does havoc 

This valley. 

Task of a hero, 

Dizzy shock 

Odious chime 

Dose of shame 

Odd associate 

Odd associate 

Odd associate 

Does Ms choice 

Docile show 

Disloyal 

Disloyal 

Disloyal 

Disloyal 

Disloyal 

Disloyal 

Deserve 

Does rave 

Does amiss, 

Design go 

Odious name 

Odious name 

Disunion 

Test go 

Tacitly 

Tacitly, 

Tacitly 

Destroy 

Height of wisdom, 

Days of a seer 



1124 
1117 
1115 

1095 
1087 
1085 
1074 
1067 
1063 
1063 
1061 
1061 
1061 
1060 
1056 
1055 
1055 
1055 
1055 
1055 
1055 
1048 
1048 
1030 
1027 
1023 
1023 
1022 
1017 
1015 
1015 
1015 
1014 
1013 
1004 



PERIOD V. 

From the Dedication of Solomon's Temple to the Founding of Rome. 
Homer — New line, 252. 



43 The queen of Sheba visited Solomon. 

44 Solomon's 700 wives and 300 concubines. 

45 Solomon erected altars to the false gods. 

46 Death of Solomon. 

47 Division of Israel and Judah under Jeroboam. 

48 Jeroboam erected temples to the idols. 

49 Shishak, king of Egypt, plundered the temple of Jeroboam. 

50 Zerah invaded Judah with a million of men. 

51 Zimri, the usurper, defeated by Omri. 

52 Zimri burnt himself and his family in his own house. 

53 Omri, king of Israel, made Samaria the seat of his kingdom. 



This scene, 1002 

Behavior, 984 

Buy fame, 983 

Beguile, 975 

Beguile, 975 

Beguile, 975 

Bequeath, 971 

Bright, 941 

Be unhappy, 929 

Panic, 927 

Banner, 924 



NUMEKICAL KEY. 



21 



54 Ahab king of Israel. 

55 The reign of Jehosaphat, king of Israel, began. 

56 Homer flourished. 

57 The prophet Elijah fed by ravens in the wilderness. 

58 Elijah's trial with the prophets of Baal. 

59 Elisha anointed by Elijah as his successor. 

60 Kingdom of Assyria came to an end. 

61 Ahab took possession of Naboth's vineyard. 

62 Elijah the prophet translated to heaven. 

63 God by two bears destroyed 42 children for mocking Elijah. 

64 Elisha's miracles of the oil, the pottage, and the bread. 

65 Naaman's leprosy cured by Elisha. 

66 The army, sent to take Elisha, smitten with blindness. 

67 Benhadad, king of Syria, besieged Samaria. 

68 Two Hebrew mothers eat their own children. 

69 Elisha restored the Shunamite's son to life. 

70 Laws of Lycurgus, 

71 Jehu excommunicated the family of Ahab. 

72 Jezebel devoured by dogs. 

73 Jehu destroyed the temple and the priests of Baal. 

74 Athaliah precipitated from her usurped throne. 

75 Joash proclaimed king of Judah by the high priest Jehoiada. 

76 Foundation of Carthage by Dido. 

77 Zechariah, the high priest, stoned to death. 

78 Kingdom of Macedonia founded by Caranus. 

79 Jonah swallowed by a whale. 

80 Repentance of the Ninevites — miracle of the gourd. 

81 Isaiah began to prophecy. 

82 Romulus founded Rome upon the Tiber. 

PERIOD VI. 



Beautify, 

Better, 

Poetry. 

Piteous, 

Besiege 



Fop of a Boy 

Heavy badge 

Heavy badge 

Fable 

Vapor, 

Heavy bomb 

Heavy weapon, 

Heavy weapon 

Fibs 

Fever, 

Fever, 

Fever, 

Fever, 

Civic foe 

Civic foe 

Heavy job 

Force 

Fathom 

Physic 

Heavy siege 

Globe 

Colony, 



From the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Marathon. 



Roman kings. — New chain, 262. 

Rape of the Sabines. Gallows, 

First Messenian War ; between Messenians and Lacedemonians. Queer whim 

Ahaz, king of Judah, set up idol worship. Koran 

Hezekiah destroyed the brazen serpent of Moses. Gain from a show, 

Gained 



83 
84 
85 
86 

87 End of the kingdom of Israel — destroyed by Salmanazar. 

88 Tobit, the sage, carried into captivity to Nineveh. 

89 Miracle of the sun-dial — Hezekiah restored to health. 

90 Sennacherib besieged Jerusalem. 

91 Sennacherib's army destroyed by an angel. 

92 Tobit loses his sight by an accident. 

93 Dejoces founded the Medean empire. 

94 Tobit persecuted by his ill-tempered wife. 

95 The second Messenian War. 

96 Tobias became the seventh husband of Sarah 



Gained 

Sick time, 

Kitten, 

Kitten 

Goddess, 

Goddess 

Gay usage 

Shuffle 

daughter of Rasruel. Shiver, 



97 Tobit recovered his sight by a miracle of his son Tobias. Shiver, 

98 The prophet Isaiah sawn asunder between two boards. Age of Vice 

99 Esarhaddon took Jerusalem. Shook the key 
100 Combat between the Horatii and Curatii. Showy joke 



22 



MEMORIA TECHNICA. 



THIRD SERIES. 

ONE HUNDRED EVENTS 



1 Holofernes killed by Judith. 

2 Scythians invade Media. 

3 Josiah the Pious began to reign. 

4 Ancus Martius, the fourth king of Rome. 

5 Jeremiah began to prophesy. 

6 Pentateuch found by Hilkiah. 

7 Sanguinary laws of Draco. 

8 Necho, king of Egypt, dethrones Jehoahaz. 

9 Nebuchadnezzar took Jerusalem. 

10 First captivity of Judah under Nebuchadnezzar. 

11 Daniel the prophet carried to Babylon. 

12 First circumnavigation of Africa, under king Necho. 

13 Susanna assaulted by the two elders. 

14 Jehoiakim taken to Babylon, and imprisoned. 

15 Ezekiel and Mordecai taken to Babylon. 

16 Laws of Solon. 

17 Kingdom of Judah destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar. 

18 Zedekiah's eyes taken out by order of Nebuchadnezzar. 

19 First money coined at Rome. 

20 Nebuchadnezzar's golden image set up. 

21 The three children saved from the fiery furnace. 

22 Daniel interpreted Nebuchadnezzar's dream of the tree. 

23 Nebuchadnezzar loses his reason. 

24 Nebuchadnezzar recovered his reason. 

25 Death of Nebuchadnezzar. 

26 Jehoiakim restored to liberty by Evil Merodach. 

27 Pisistratus usurped the tyranny of Athens. 

28 Daniel's vision of the four beasts. 

29 Phocians founded the city of Marseilles, in France. 

30 Belshazzar's Feast — Daniel explains the handwriting. 

31 Cyrus took Babylon. 

32 Daniel exposes the trickeries of Bel's priests. 

33 Daniel cast into the lion's den. 

34 Cyrus put an end to the Jewish captivity. 

35 Zerubbabel commenced the rebuilding of the temple. 

36 First tragedy at Athens. 

37 TarqUin the Proud seized upon the kingdom of Rome. 

38 Confucius published his laws in China. 

39 Cambyses, son of Cyrus, ascended the throne of Persia. 

40 Anaximenes, of Miletus, invented the sun-dial. 

41 Darius repudiated Vashti and married Esther. 

42 Dedication of the second temple. 

43 Darius invaded the Scythians, and was repulsed. 

44 Esther saved the Jews from a general slaughter. 

45 Triumph of Mordecai, the uncle of Esther. 

46 Haman, the enemy of the Jews, hung on a gallows fifty 



Shallow joy, 

Sheriff, 

Short, 

Shears, 

Geneva, 

Joiner, 

Huge enemy, 

Jets, 

Showy siege, 

Showy siege, 

Showy siege, 

Joyous era, 

Chaste, 

Low peep, 

Low peep, 

Helper, 

111 and heavy foe, 

111 and heavy foe, 

Silly vice, 

Lives, 

Lives, 

Likewise, 

Silly sheep, 

Low jam, 

All join, 

All join, 

Lashes, 

All lowly, 

Lamp, 

Low move, 

Low move, 

Lame cow, 

Lame cow, 

Holy match, 

Holy match, 

Low mule, 

111 humor, 

Almighty, 

All unhappy, 

Leanness, 

Light wife, 

Loudly, 

Holy dame, 

Lots, 

Lots, 

cubits high. Lots, 



NUMERICAL KEY. 



23 



47 Feast of Purim instituted by the Jews. 

48 Tarquin the Proud expelled from Rome. 

49 Brutus established the Roman republic. 

50 First alliance of the Romans with the Carthaginians. 

51 Sardis burnt by the Ionians. 

52 First dictator of Rome — Laertius. 

53 Institution of the Saturnalia by the Romans. 

54 Tarquin the Proud died at Cuma. 

55 Darius undertook his unsuccessful expedition against the Greeks. 

56 Establishment of the Roman Tribunes. 

57 Banishment of Coriolanus from Rome. 

58 Battle of Marathon — the Greeks against the Persians. 



Lots, 510 
Lisp, 509 

Lisp, 509 
Lazy foe, 508 
Air pipe, 499 

Rebuff, 498 

Year book, 497 

Reply, 495 

Reply, 495 

European, 492 

Repaid, 491 

Repose, 490 



PERIOD VII. 

From the Battle of Marathon to the Birth of Alexander. 
Grecian glory. — Teamer, 134. 



59 The first proposition of the Agrarian law. 

60 Aristides the Just banished from Athens. 

61 First Questors at Rome. 

62 Battle of Thermopylae — Leonidas opposes Xerxes. 

63 Battle of Salamis — Themistocles defeated the Persians. 

64 Battle of Plataea, between the Greeks and Persians. 

65 Flight of Themistocles to Persia. 

66 Ezra commissioned by Artaxerxes to build Jerusalem. 

67 Cincinnatus, dictator of Rome. 

68 Nehemiah made governor of Judea by Artaxerxes. 

69 Creation of the Decemvirs. 

70 Banishment of Decemvirs, and death of Virginia. 

71 Herodotus read his history at the Olympic games. 

72 First military Tribunes at Rome. 

73 Plebeians allowed to intermarry with the Patricians. 

74 Pericles successful in the Samian war. 

75 Roman Censors appointed. 

76 Ezra flourished. 

77 Peloponnesian War — lasted 27 years. 

78 The plague at Athens. 

79 Pericles died, aged 70. 

80 Malachi, the last of the prophets, died. 

81 End of the Peloponnesian war — thirty tyrants rule Athens. 

82 Retreat of the ten thousand Greeks under Xenophon. 

83 Expulsion of thirty tyrants from Athens, by Thrasybulus. 

84 Death of Socrates. 

85 The Corinthian War commences. 

86 Thucydides the historian died, aged 80. 

87 Rome taken by the Gauls under Brenn'us. 

88 Battle of Leuctra — Boeotians and Lacedemonians. 

89 The first Plebeian consul at Rome. 

90 The Thebans triumph at Mantinea. 

91 Hippocrates, the father of medicine, died, a. 90. 



Rival, 485 

Rover, 484 

Raven, 482 

War office, 480 

War office, 480 

Heroic boy, 479 

Roguish, 476 

Rash go, 467 

Relish, 456 

Ruler, 454 

Royalty, 451 

Sorry rape, 449 

Rarely, 445 

Rarely, 445 

Rarely, 445 

Warriors, 440 

Rome awake, 437 

Remake, 437 

Warmed, 431 

Rainbow, 429 

Rainbow, 429 

Ruins, 420 

Arrest, 401 

Arrest, 401 

Residue, 401 

Roses, 400 

Empire, 394 

Embody, 391 

Embassy, 390 

Maggot, 371 

Magic, 367 

Machine, 362 

Match die, 361 



24 



MEMORIA TECHNICA. 



92 Discovery of analysis, by Plato. 

93 Xenophon the historian died, a. 90. 

94 The accession of Philip II. king of Macedon. 

95 The breaking out of the Sacred War. 

96 Birth of Alexander the Great. 



Matches, 360 

Small boy, 359 

Small boy, 359 

My life, 358 

Small show, 356 



PERIOD VIII. 

From the Birth of Alexander to the Destruction of Carthage. 
Roman renown. — Knights, 210. 

97 The erection of the Mausoleum, the sixth wonder of the world. Mallet, 351 

98 The Plebeians admitted to the censorship. Mallet, 351 

99 Second commercial treaty between Rome and Carthage. Mere foe, 348 
100 Plato the philosopher died, aged 80. Mere foe, 348 



FOURTH SERIES. 



ONE HUNDRED EVENTS 



1 Samnite War with the Romans, continued 53 years, Maw worm, 

2 Battle of Chaaronea, won by Philip. Mimic, 

3 Plebeians admitted to the Prgetorship of Rome. Whim of homage, 

4 Accession of Darius and Alexander the Great to the throne. 

5 Destruction of Thebes by Alexander. 

6 Battle of Granicus won by Alexander. 

7 Alexander captured the city of Tyre. 

8 Battle of Arbela ; fall of Darius. 

9 Alexander penetrated into India. 

10 Death of Alexander, aged 32. 

11 Demosthenes poisoned himself, aged 60. 

12 Aristotle the philosopher died, aged 62. 

13 The Samnites pass the Romans under their yoke. 

14 Seleucus established the kingdom of Syria. 

15 Battle of Ipsus. Antigonus defeated. 

16 Papirius Cursor erected the first sun-dial at Rome. 

17 Pharos of Alexandria built. 

18 College and Library of Alexandria founded. 

19 The Gauls invaded Greece. 

20 Septuagint translation of the Old Testament. 

21 The first silver money coined at Rome. 

22 The first Punic War commenced. 

23 The first naval conquest of the Romans. 

24 Regulus, the Roman general, defeated by the Carthaginians. 

25 All the records in China destroyed by an imperial edict. 

26 End of the first Punic War. 



343 

337 

336 

Aim at much, 336 

Memory, 334 

Memoir, 334 

Mummy nigh, 332 

Maimed, 331 

Maniac, 327 

Man of war, 324 

Minion, 322 

Humanity, 321 

Humanity, 321 

Matter, 314 

Mast, 301 

New beam, 293 

New fire, 284 

Infamy, 283 

Hen coop, 279 

Synagogue, 277 

New ship, 269 

Injury, 264 

Own choice, 260 

Analogy, 256 

Anarchy, 247 

New ruin, 242 



NUMERICAL KEY. 



25 



27 First play acted at Rome. 

28 Temple of Janus shut for the first time since Numa. 

29 The first divorce at Rome. 

30 Publication of the first Roman history, by Fabius Pictor. 

31 First Physician at Rome. 

32 Destruction of Saguntum by Hannibal. 

33 Second Punic War. 

34 Battle of Thrasymene. 

35 Battle of Cannoe won by Hannibal. 

36 The Romans took Syracuse. 

37 Hannibal defeated at the battle of Zama, in Africa. 

38 End of the second Punic War. 

39 The Romans defeat Antiochus the Great. 

40 Scipio Asiaticus, brother of Africanus. 

41 Asiatic luxuries first brought to Rome. 

42 Philopoemen abolished the laws of Lycurgus. 

43 Banishment of Scipio Africanus from Rome. 

44 Heliodorus struck senseless in the temple by an angel. 

45 Jason, by corrupting Antiochus, was made High Priest. 

46 Manelus by bribery obtained the High Priesthood. 

47 Antiochus laid waste India, and destroyed Jerusalem. 

48 Invention of paper in China. 

49 Perseus defeated, and brought prisoner to Rome. 

50 General slaughter of the Jews by Apollonius. 

51 The seven brothers tortured to death by Antiochus. 

52 Mattathias and his five sons resist the tyranny of Antiochus. 

53 First Library erected at Rome. 

54 Apollonius defeated and slain by Judas Maccabeus. 

55 Nicanor's army defeated by Judas Maccabeus. 

56 Lycias with a powerful army defeated by Maccabeus. 

57 Heroic self-sacrifice of Eleazar, brother of Maccabeus. 

58 Antiochus died, smitten by the hand of God. 

59 Menelaus, the High Priest, put to death. 

60 First edict that banished from Rome philosophers and rhetoricians. 

61 Nicanor's blasphemy, defeat, and death. 

62 Bacchides invaded Judea with a powerful army. 

63 Judas Maccabeus slain fighting against Bacchides. 

64 Jonathan, brother of Judas, entered into allegiance with the Romans. 

65 Alcimus the High Priest struck dead in the Temple. 

66 Jonathan, first of Asmonean dynasty, made High Priest. 



Nurse, 240 

Anomaly, 235 

Enmity, 231 

New nail, 225 

New top, 219 

New top, 219 

Native, 218 

Nut hook, 217 

Night show, 216 

Indian, 212 

New scene, 202 

Honesty, 201 

Head piece, 190 

Head piece, 190 

Types, 190 

Eighty-five, 188 

Tough-go, 187 

Decayish, 176 

Ethical, 175 

Tickle, 175 

Hat case, 170 

Tax, 170 

Dutch vow, 168 

Dutch foe, 168 

Dashy and gay, 167 

Dutch Hawk, 167 

Dashy and gay, 167 

Adjudge, 166 

Adjudge, 166 

Whitish hill, 165 

Teacher, 164 

Teacher, 164 

Hot chain, 162 

Digit, 161 



67 Temple built at Heliopolis, in Egypt. 

68 Third Punic War began. 

69 Destruction of Carthage by the Romans. 



Dashed, 
Dashed, 

Dashed, 
Dashed, 
Audacious, 
Italian, 
Tool house. 
Troop, 
Outrage, 



161 
161 
161 
161 
160 
152 
150 
149 
146 



PERIOD IX. 

From the Destruction of Carthage to the Days of Julius Caesar. 
Wars of Marius. — Judge, 66. 



70 Simon renewed the league with the Romans. 

71 Sovereignty of Judea settled upon Simon and his heirs. 

72 John Hyrcanus succeeded Simon. 

4 



Dram, 143 
Drone, 142 

Timely, 135 



26 



MEMORIA TECHNICA. 



73 Destruction of Numantia by Scipio. 

74 Tiberius Gracchus slain. 

75 Kingdom of Pergamus annexed to the Roman republic. 

76 Caius Gracchus slain. 

77 The Jugurthan War commenced. 

78 Aristobulus becomes king of Judea. 

79 Marius defeated and captured Jugurtha. 

80 Alexander Janneus appointed king of Judea. 

81 The Cimbric War. 

82 King of Parthia sent to China a political embassy. 

83 Social and Mithridatic Wars. 

84 Marius and Sylla engaged in civil war. 

85 Sylla plundered Athens, and slaughtered its inhabitants. 

86 Sylla dictator. His sanguinary proscriptions. 

87 Queen Alexandra succeeds her husband Alexander. 

88 Spartacus raised the Servile War. 

89 Hyrcanus II. succeeded his mother Alexandra. 

90 Mithridates vanquished by Lucullus. 

91 Aristobulus II. dethroned his brother Hyrcanus II. 

92 War of the pirates. Pompey soon destroyed them. 

93 Jerusalem taken by Pompey the Great. 

94 Pompey restored to Hyrcanus II. the government of Judea. 

95 Catiline's conspiracy discovered by Cicero. 

96 First Triumvirate between Pompey, Crassus, and Caesar. 

97 Cicero banished from Rome at the instigation of Claudius. 



Demon 

Demon 

Demon 

Time to die 

Edited 

Desk 

Hasty siege 

Wood sage 

Design 

Page 

Heavy foe 

Heavy foe 



Fun, 

Calf, 

Game 

Gas 

Ship 

Jug 

Shock 

Shame 

Gem 

Shame 

Chaise 

Life 



132 
132 
132 
131 
111 
107 
106 
106 
102 
96 



86 
82 
78 
73 
70 
69 
67 
67 
63 
63 
63 
60 
58 



PERIOD X. 

From Julius Caesar to the Birth of Christ. 
Roman Literature. — Chaise, 60. 



98 Caesar crossed the Rhine, and invaded Britain. 

99 Crassus vanquished by the Parthians. 
100 Caesar made of Gaul a Roman province. 



Ill will, 55 
Elm, 53 
Halt, 51 



EIFTH SERIES. 

ONE HUNDRED EVENTS. 



1 Caesar proclaimed Dictator of Rome. 

2 Second " Civil War." 

3 Battle of Pharsalia. Caesar defeats Pompey. 

4 Caesar conquered Alexandria. Ptolemaic library set on fire. 

5 Herod the Great appointed Prefect of Galilee by the Romans. 

6 Cato kills himself at Utica. 

7 Caesar murdered by his conspirators. 

8 Second triumvirate between Octavius, Antony, and Lepidus. 

9 Battle of Philippi, — Brutus and Cassius overthrown. 



Ruby, 49 

Review, 48 

Roof, 48 

Wreck, 47 

Rag, 47 

Rage, 46 

Error, 44 

Army, 43 

Run, 42 



NUMERICAL KEY. 



27 



10 Antigonus wrested the kingdom from his uncle Hyrcanus. 

11 Herod took Jerusalem and became king. 

12 Sallust, a philosophical historian, died, aged 56. 

13 Battle of Actium — Antony defeated by Octavius. 

14 Death of Cleopatra and Antony. 

15 Second shutting of the temple of Janus — universal peace. 

16 Varro, the most learned of the Romans, died, aged 87. 

17 Augustus proclaimed Emperor of Rome. 

18 Ovidius banished by Augustus. 

19 Virgil,* as poet, excelled his contemporary. 

20 Herod began to build the temple at Jerusalem. 

21 Augustus Pontifex Maximus burnt 2000 pontifical books. 

22 Horace, the greatest of the lyric poets, died, aged 56. 

23 Temple finished and dedicated by Herod. 

24 Zacharias, the priest, struck dumb in the temple. 

25 John the Baptist born six months before our Saviour. 

26 Birth of Christ, four years before the vulgar era. 



Ruse, 


40 


Mug, 


37 


Match, 


36 


Emmet, 


31 


Miss, 


30 


Nap, 


29 


Envoy, 


28 


Nag, 


27 


Signs, 


20 


Tibullus, 19 a 


.50 


Deck, 


17 


Time, 


13 


Foe, 


8 


Foe, 


8 


Aisle, 


5 


Era, 


4 


Hero, 


4 



PERIOD XL 

From the Nativity of Christ to the Reign of Constantine. 
Ten persecutions. — Message — 306. 



Recess 



27 Infants of Bethlehem slain by order of Herod. 

28 Death of Herod the Great. 

29 Christian era commenced. 

30 Varus, the Roman General, defeated by Herman. 

31 Tiberius became Emperor of Rome. 

32 Livy, the prince of Roman historians, died, aged 67. 

33 Pontius Pilate, governor of Judea. 

34 Strabo, geographer and historian. 

35 Crucifixion of Jesus Christ, April 3d. 

36 St. Paul's miraculous conversion. 

37 Caligula became the fourth emperor of Rome. 

38 The disciples first called Christians, at Antioch. 

39 Claudius reigned, a weak and stupid sovereign. 

40 The council at Jerusalem. 

41 Sergius Paulus, the Proconsul, converted through Paul. 

42 St. Paul went to Athens. 

43 Agrippina murdered Claudius to make her son Nero king 

44 Nero poisoned Britannicus. 

45 Paul plead before Felix. 

46 Paul made his defence before Festus. 

47 Nero burnt Rome, and charged it upon the Christians. 

48 Paul set at liberty. 

49 Nero put Seneca to death. 

50 St. Peter crucified, and St. Paul beheaded. 

51 Destruction of Jerusalem. 

52 Vespasian, a popular emperor. 

53 Titus, an excellent prince. 



Home, 


3 


Aim, 


3 


o/war, A.M. 4004 


Abbey, A. D. 


9 


Dower, 


14 


Decoy, 


17 


Yankee, 


27 


Knife, 


28 


Maim, 


33 


More, 


34 


Homage, 


36 


Ride, 


41 


Ride, 


41 


Aloes, 


50 


Lion, 


52 


Alone, 


52 


Liar, 


54 


111 will, 


55 


Lucky, 


57 


Chaise, 


60 


Chair, 


64 


Jury, 


64 


Jail, 


65 


Judge, 


66 


Gas, 


70 


Goose, 


70 


Cup, 


79 



* The name of the poet Tibullus gives both the age and death of Virgil. 



MEMORIA TECHNICA. 



54 Pliny suffocated at the first recorded eruption of Vesuvius. 

55 The second general persecution of Christians. 

56 Quintillian, a celebrated rhetorician, died. 

57 Tacitus, the Roman historian, died. 

58 Third persecution under Trojan. 

59 Accession of Adrian. 

60 Heresy of Martian, who acknowledged three Gods. 

61 Insurrection in which half a million of Jews die. 

62 Plutarch, the principal biographer of antiquity, died. 

63 Heresy of Valentine, who admitted several gods. 

64 The Saracens first mentioned in history. 

65 The fourth persecution under M. A. Antoninus. 

66 Fifth persecution of Christians, under Severus. 

67 Caracalla became emperor, and slew his brother. 

68 Alexander Severus became emperor. 

69 Maximin, who excited the sixth persecution, slain. 

70 Pompey's Theatre burnt. 

71 Seventh persecution of Christians, under Decius. 

72 Goths invaded the Roman empire. 

73 Eighth persecution, under the Emperor Palarien. 

74 Era of the thirty tyrants, and invasion of the Huns. 

75 Emperor Claudius defeated the Goths. 

76 Aurelian excited the ninth persecution. 

77 Diocletian became emperor of Rome. 

78 Diocletian divided the empire. 

79 Diocletian excited the tenth persecution. 

80 Death of wicked Maximus. 

81 Arius propagated his doctrine. 

82 Constantine the Great, sole emperor. 

PERIOD XII. 

From the Reign of Constantine to the Extinction of the Western Empire. 
Northern invasion. — Fox, 870. 



Copy, 


79 


Bull. 


95 


Bale, 


95 


Peep, 


99 


Hasty Siege, 


106 


Tidy cow, 


117 


Tame roe, 


134 


Tamely, 


135 


Authors. 


140 


Torn, 


142 


Tribe, 


149 


Aid of a Judge, 


166 


No sin, 


202 


Wanted, 


211 


Unknown, 


222 


Animal, 


235 


Unroof, 


248 


Nails, 


250 


Nails, 


250 


New leaf. 


258 


Unholy boy, 


259 


New chief, 


268 


Yankee hum. 


273 


New line. 


284 


Knee-pan, 


292 


Museum, 


303 


Mad whim, 


313 


Motive, 


318 


Moon in May, 


323 



83 First Ecclesiastical Council at Nice. 

84 Constantine embraced Christianity. 

85 Removal of the seat of empire from Rome to Constantinople. 

86 Death of Constantine. 

87 The empire divided among Constantine's three sons. 

88 Julian, the apostate emperor — he restores Paganism. 

89 Theodosius, the last sole Roman emperor. 

90 Theodosius prohibited Paganism. 

91 Theodosius divided the empire into Eastern and Western. 

92 Arcadius succeeded to the Eastern, Honorius to the Western Empire 

93 The first bell founded. 

94 The kingdom of the Visigoths founded. 

95 The kingdom of the Burgundian established. 

96 The kingdom of the Franks founded. 

97 The kingdom of the Vandals in Africa founded. 

98 The Romans withdrew from Britain. 

99 The Saxons entered Britain. 
100 Atilla defeated at the battle of Chalons. 



Manual, 325 
Mean foe, 328 



Many weep, 329 

Mimic, 337 

Mimic, 337 

Matches, 360 

Move off, 388 

Impious, 390 

Ample, 395 

Amiably, 395 

Roses, 400 

Retinue, 412 

Rhythm, 413 

Ruins, 420 

Orange, 426 

Runaway foe, 428 

Rare pay, 449 

Reality, 451 



NUMERICAL KEY. 



29 



SIXTH SERIES, 



ONE HUNDRED EVENTS. 



1 Death of Atilla, " the Scourge of God." 

2 Genseric, the Vandal, pillaged Rome. 

3 Accession of Leo the Great. 

4 Augustus Romulus, last emperor of Rome. 



Realm, 453 

Real show, 456 

Relic, 457 

Roguish, 476 



PERIOD XIII. 

From the Extinction of the Western Empire to the Flight of Mahomet. 
Justinian code. — Trash, 146. 



5 Death of Genseric. 

6 The battle of Soissons, gained by Clovis, the French king. 

7 Anastasius, emperor of the East. 

8 Odoacer murdered by Theodoric. 

9 Clovis converted to Christianity. 

10 Clovis made Paris his capital. 

11 Persecution of the Jews. 

12 Theodoric put Boethius to death. 

13 An earthquake in the East. 

14 Justinian, emperor of the East. 

15 The first monastery of the West at Monte Cassino. 

16 An insurrection at Constantinople. 

17 Justinian's code of laws. 

18 Belisarius took Carthage. 

19 Computation of time from the Christian era. 

20 Belisarius conquered Italy, and took Rome. 

21 Belisarius refuses the sceptre of Italy. 

22 Arthur, king of Britain, was slain. 

23 Totila, the Goth, plundered Rome. 

24 Rome re-taken by Belisarius. 

25 Rome recovered by Totila. 

26 Silkworms brought to China by two monks. 

27 Narses defeated the Goths, and governed Italy. 

28 An earthquake in the East. 

29 Kingdom of Lombards founded. 

30 The Latin language ceased to be spoken in Italy. 

31 Antioch destroyed by an earthquake. 

32 Gregory the Great becomes Pope. 

33 St. Augustine went to Britain. 

34 Papal supremacy and image worship. 

35 Heraclitus became emperor. 

36 Clotaire II. sole king of France. 

37 Hegira, or flight of Mahomet. 



Airy quack, 477 

Rival, 485 

Rabbit, 491 

Ripe wliim, 493 

Rubbish, 496 

Lights, 510 

Light hope, 519 

Lean Jew, 526 

Link, 527 

Link, 527 

Lion paw, 529 

Low man, 532 

Law to maim, 533 

Lame hero, 534 

Solemn age, 536 

Lame cow, 537 

Low race, 540 

Learn, 542 

Large, 546 

Whole robe, 549 

Lawless, 550 

Loyalty, 551 

111 and lame, 553 

Lowly echo, 557 

Law chief, 568 

Leaves, 580 

Low abyss, 590 

Low abyss, 590 

Help of a Jew, 596 

Joyous age, 606 

Shadows, 610 

Watched him, 613 

Genuine, 622 



30 



MEMORIA TECHNICA. 



PERIOD XIV. 

From the Flight of Mahomet to the Crowning of Charlemagne. 
Saracen dominion. — Take a vow, 178. 



38 Death of Mahomet. 

39 Pens first made from quills. 

40 Alexandrian library destroyed. 

41 The Lombard code of laws. 

42 The Saracens took Cyprus. 

43 The Saracens took Rhodes, and erected the Colossus. 

44 Organs first used in churches. 

45 Constantinople besieged by the Saracens. 

46 The Saracens invaded Spain, but were expelled. 

47 Ceadwalla took Sussex and Kent. 

48 After the battle of Xeres, Roderick was drowned in the 

49 The Saracens took Spain. 

50 Leo III. Greek emperor. 

51 Pope Gregory expelled the Lombards. 

52 The battle of Tours lasted seven days. 

53 Saracen Caliph Almanzar. 

54 End of the Lombard kingdom. 

55 Haroun-Al-Raschid, Caliph — he did much for science. 

56 Constantine reigned. 

57 Restoration of image worship. 

58 Irene murdered her son Constantine. 

59 The Danes appear in England. 

60 Charlemagne crowned emperor. 



Watchman, 632 

Sham vow, 634 

Shears, 640 

Charm, 643 

Sheriff, 648 

Julian, 652 

Showy help, 659 

Shaken, 672 

Chuckle, 675 

Showy Voyage, 686 

Guadalquiver. Kitten, 712 

Academy, 713 

Gothic, 717 

Canboy, 729 

Common, 732 

Glory, 754 

Quaker, 774 

Gay voyage, 786 

Gay voyage, 786 

Gave a key, 787 

Gave a key, 787 

Gave a key, 787 

Faces, 8^ 



PERIOD XV. 

From the Crowning of Charlemagne to the First Crusade. 
New western empire. — Nobly, 295. 



61 Leo, the Armenian, became Greek emperor. 

62 Louis, the German, reigned. 

63 Michael II., the Stammerer, emperor. 

64 Egbert united the Saxon heptarchy. 

65 Michael III., the Drunkard, ascended the throne of Rome. 

66 Union of the Picts and Scots, forming Scotland. 

67 The Normans took Rouen. 

68 Alfred defeated by the Danes near Wilton. 

69 Charles the Fat, emperor. 

70 Oxford University founded. 

71 Louis III., emperor of Germany. 

72 Death of Alfred the Great. 

73 Normans established in Normandy. 

74 Five German nations elect an emperor. 

75 Constantine VII. emperor. 

76 Otho the Great, emperor. 



Fathom, 813 

Fatigue, 817 

Fancy, 821 

Event, 821 

Frown, 842 

Form, 843 

Form, 843 

Heavy coin, 872 

Fifty, 881 

Safe voyage, 886 

Half a baby, 899 

Basis, 900 

Button, 912 

Button, 912 

Button, 912 

Pay an image, 936 



NUMERICAL KEY. 



31 



77 Italy pillaged by Berenger. 

78 Hugh Capet, king of France. 

79 Arabic numerals introduced. 

80 Ethelred massacred by the Danes. 

81 A large comet appeared in Leo. 

82 Romanus II., emperor. 

83 Leo poisoned Romanus, her husband. 

84 Christian kingdoms of Spain united by Sancho. 

85 Battle of Hastings — William I. conquered. 

86 France ravaged by William the Conqueror. 

87 The first of the crusades. 



Ball at a boy 

Bay fog, 
Dozy Swiss 
Diocesan 
Whetstone 
Dozy knave 
Dozy moor 
Dismal 
Odious judge 
Dizzy fog- 
Despatch 



959 
987 
1000 
1002 
1012 
1028 
1034 
1035 
1066 
1087 
1096 



PERIOD XVI. 

From the First Crusade to the Founding of the Turkish Empire. 
Crusaders. — Answer, 204. 

88 Jerusalem taken by the crusaders. 

89 An earthquake in Italy. 

90 Wars between England and France began. 

91 Prince Henry drowned in shipwreck. 

92 Beneventum, Capua, taken by Roger, k. of Sicily, 

93 Alphonso, the first king of Portugal. 

94 Manuel I., Greek emperor. 

95 The second crusade. 

96 Frederic Barbarossa came to the throne. 

97 Genghis Khan, the greatest of murderers. 

98 The invasion of Ireland by Henry II. 

99 Saladin took Jerusalem. 
100 The third crusade undertaken. 



Dizzy pope. 


1099 


Deduces, 


1100 


Tide of time. 


1113 


Deadness, 


1120 


the Pope. Stout mail. 


1135 


Stout mob. 


1139 


Day dream 


1143 


Stout rake, 


1147 


Title new 


1152 


Detacher 


1164 


Stout king 


, 1172 


Stout fig 


, 1187 


Stout fib 


, 1189 



SEVENTH SEEIES. 

ONE HUNDRED EVENTS. 



1 Richard the Lion King of England. 

2 Crusaders took Acre. 

3 Companus of Lombardy, the astronomer. 

4 The fourth crusade undertaken. 

5 Battle of Tolosa between the Christians and Moors. 

6 The battle of Bouvines, between Philip and John. 

7 Magna Charta granted by king John. 

8 The fifth crusade. 

9 Louis IX., king of France. 

10 The sixth crusade, by Frederick II. 

11 The Hanseatic league of the towns. 

12 The seventh crusade, by Louis IX. 



Tidy fop, 1189 

Dead pope, 1199 

Tidy baby, 1199 

Denizen, 1202 

*Undone, 1212 

Thunder, 1214 

Tin idol, 1215 

Authentic, 1217 

Athenian age, 1226 

Done enough, 1228 

Downward, 1241 

Teneriffe, 1248 



32 



MEMOEIA TECHNICA. 



13 Alphonso X., king of Castile and Leon. Tone of a lion, 

14 Linen first made in England. Tone of a loom, 

15 The second Greek empire established. Dunlap, 

16 The first parliament of England. Dingy wall, 

17 Louis IX. set on foot the eighth crusade, in which he died. Ton o/wax, 
Glass mirrors invented. Tin kite, 



18 

19 The orders of Mendicants reduced to the Dominicans, Franciscans, Carmelite 

and Hermits of St. Augustine. 

20 Sicilian Vespers, 4000 French massacred. 

21 The conquest of Wales by England. 

22 Philip the Fair, king of France. 

23 The decision of Edward I. between Baliol and Bruce. 

24 Wallace's attempt to free Scotland. 

25 Founding of the Turkish empire. 



Tawny queen, 

Tin vein. 

Thin fame, 

Downfall, 

Tin pan, 

Heathen pack, 
Tin pipe, 



1255 
1252 
1259 
1265 
1270 
1271 

1272 

1282 
1283 
1285 
1292 
1297 
1299 



PERIOD XVII. 

From the Founding of the Turkish Empire to the Taking of Constantinople. 



Roman schism. — Tall row, 154.- 



26 Mariner's compass invented. 

27 Battle of Bannockburn — Scotland freed. 

28 Battle of Morgarten — independence of Switzerland. 

29 Notes of music invented. 

30 Gunpowder invented. 

31 Union of Rense — opposition to the Pope. 

32 Cannon invented. 

33 Battle of Cressy, gained by the English. 

34 A pestilence prevailed through Europe. 

35 Peter the Cruel came to the throne. 

36 Great earthquake in South Roumelia. 

37 Battle of Poictiers — king John taken prisoner. 

38 John Wickliffe commenced a reformation. 

39 Invention of metal drawing and pins. 

40 Accession of Charles V., of France. 

41 Accession of Tamerlane. 

42 The invention of playing cards. 

43 The insurrection of Wat Tyler in England. 

44 John of Portugal, the Usurper, came to the throne. 

45 Accession of the house of Lancaster in Henry IV. 

46 Accession of Sigismond. 

47 Battle of Agincourt — the English defeated the French. 

48 The treaty of Troyes. 

49 The vulgar Christian era introduced into Portugal. 

50 Joan of Arc raised the siege of Orleans. 

51 Joan of Arc burnt at the stake by the English. 

52 Cosmo I., of Florence, the father of his country. 

53 Alphonso V., of Naples, came to the throne. 

54 Invention of carriages. 

55 Invention of printing. 

56 Constantine XIII., last of the Greek emperors. 

57 Constantinople taken by Mahomet II. 



Time with the sun, 1302 

Diameter, 1314 

Timidly, 1315 

Time to muse, 1330 

Time to he mad, 1331 

Time to move, 1338 

*Mars, 1340 

*March, 1346 

Time rough, 1348 

Doomless, 1350 

Tame lily, 1355 

Demolish, 1356 

Dumb shows, 1360 

Dumb shows, 1360 

* Imagery, 1364 

Dumb ox, 1370 

Time of vice, 1380 

Tame fight, 1381 

Tame fellow, 1385 

Dumpy boy, 

Tirades, 

Adroitly, 

Adherence, 1420 

Renown, 1422 

True knave, 1428 

Dairy maid, 1431 

Dreamer, 1434 

Turmoil, 1435 

*War horse, 1440 

*Reward, 1441 

Dear review, 1448 

*Realm, 1453 



1399 
1410 
1415 



NUMERICAL KEY. 



33 



period xvm. 

From the Taking of Constantinople to the Birth of Cromwell. 
Reformation. — Torch, 146. 



58 
59 
60 
61 
62 
63 
64 
65 
Q6 
67 
68 
69 
70 
71 
72 
73 
74 
75 
76 
77 
78 
79 
80 
81 
82 
83 
84 
85 
86 
87 
88 
89 
90 
91 
92 
93 
94 
95 
96 
97 
98 
99 
100 



Battle of St. Albans. 

Corinth taken by the Turks. 

Engraving on copper invented. 

Accession of Louis XL 

Marriage of Ferdinand the Catholic, and Isabella. 

Battle of Tewksbury — Edward IV. defeated his enemies. 

Charles, of Burgundy, killed. 

The Inquisition established at Seville. 

Slave trade began by the Portuguese. 

Battle of Bos worth — Henry VII. defeated Eichard III. 

Cape of Good Hope, discovered by Bartholomew Diaz. 

Pope Innocent VIII. and Lorenzo de Medici die. 

Conquest of Grenada, and expulsion of the Jews from Spain 

First voyage of Columbus for discovery. 

Expedition of Charles VIII. to Naples. 

The Cabots first discover North America. 

Columbus sent to Spain in chains. 

Discovery of Brazil, and birth of Charles V. 

Death of Alexander I. from poison prepared for another. 

League of Cambray. 

An earthquake at Constantinople, Sept. 14th. 

Conquest of Cuba by the Spaniards. 

Battle of Ravenna, gained by Gaston de Foix. 

Florida discovered by Ponce de Leon. 

Selim I. poisoned his father Bajazet II. 

Battle of Flodden Field — James IV. slain. 



Water lily, 

True love, 

Tragedy, 

*Wretched, 

Authorship, 

Target, 

Tear quick, 

*Revise, 

True vine, 

Trine, 

*Refuge, 

Turban, 

Turban, 

Tribune, 

Trouble, 

Tropic, 

Tall ice house, 

Tall ice house, 

Tall sum. 

Tall sieve, 

Tall sea boy, 

Delighted, 

Withhoiden, 

Withhoiden, 

Withhoiden, 

Still time, 



Accession of Christian IL, who married Isabella, sister of Charles V. Still time, 



Balboa discovered the South Sea. 

Accession of Francis I. 

Battle of Marignan — Francis I. defeated the Swiss. 

Holy League in France. 

Death of Ferdinand, and accession of Charles V. 

The Reformation of Luther. 

Slaves introduced into America. 

Invention of gunlocks. 

Discovery of Mexico. • 

Cortez invaded Mexico. 

Voyage round the world commenced. 

Charles V. emperor. 

The massacre of the Swedish nobility. 

Death of Montezuma. 

Meeting of Henry VIII. and Francis I. 

Introduction of chocolate into England. 



Dull time, 

Do little, 

Do little, 

Ideal dish. 

Daily dish, 

Tail talk, 

Tall talk. 

Tall talk, 

Tail thief, 

Ideal type. 

Ideal type. 

Ideal type. 

Idleness, 

Idleness, 

Idleness, 

Idleness, 



1455 

1458 

1461 

1461 

1469 

1471 

1477 

1480 

1482 

1485 

1486 

1492 

1492 

1492 

1495 

1497 

1500 

1500 

1503 

1508 

1509 

1511 

1512 

1512 

1512 

1513 

1513 

1513 

1515 

1515 

1516 

1516 

1517 

1517 

1517 

1518 

1519 

1519 

1519 

1520 

1520 

1520 

1520 



34 



MEMORIA TECHNICA. 



EIGHTH SERIES. 

ONE HUNDRED EVENTS. 



1 The Turks capture Belgrade. 

2 Siege of Rhodes by 200,000 men. 

3 Accession of Gustavus Vasa, the historian. 

4 Discovery of New Holland by the Portuguese. 

5 Battle of Pavia — Francis I. taken prisoner by Charles V. 

6 Institution of the Capuchin order. 

7 Introduction of turkeys into England. 

8 Lutheranism established in Denmark. 

9 New Guinea discovered by Savedra, a Spaniard. 

10 Vienna besieged by the Turks. 

11 The Reformers acquired the name of Protestant. 

12 First voyage to Guinea for elephant's teeth as an ivory. 

13 The confession of Augsburg. 

14 Henry VIII. divorced Catherine and married Anne Boleyn. 

15 Reformation of Henry VIII. in England. 

1 6 Accession of Christian HI. 

17 Cartier visited Canada. 

18 Cortez discovered California. 

19 Anabaptist war in Germany. 

20 Execution of Anne Boleyn. 

21 First suppression of monasteries in England. 

22 Chili discovered by Diego de Almegro. 

23 Invention of lotteries. 

24 Expedition of De Soto to Florida. 

25 Ignatius Loyola founded the order of Jesuits, 

26 First English vessel sailed to China. 

27 River Mississippi discovered. 

28 Cartier built a fort at Quebec. 

29 Assassination of Pizarro. 

30 Japan discovered by the Portuguese. 

31 Death of Hernando de Soto. 

32 Mary Stuart born. 

33 Catherine Howard beheaded. 

34 Peace of Crespi — the French gave up Italy. 

35 Silver mines of Potosi discovered. 

36 Massacre of the Vaudois. 

37 Council of Trent. 

38 Doctrines of Socinus promulgated. 

39 Henry VIII. and Francis I. died. 

40 Cortez, the conqueror of Mexico, died. 

41 Fiesque's conspiracy in Genoa. 

42 Scots defeated by the English at Pinkey. 

43 Invention of the balance wheel. 

44 Roberval sailed for Canada with a colony. 

45 The plough introduced into Peru. 

46 Era of the English Puritans. 



Headland, 1521 

Tall nun, 1522 

Dull name, 1523 

Outlaw only, 1525 

Dull knell, 1525 

Outlaw only, 1525 

*Lean owl, 1525 

Tall notch, 1526 

Tall nag, 1527 

Idle nap, 1529 

Italian hope, 1529 

Idle mess, 1530 

Idle mess, 1530 

Dull mummy, 1533 

Dull hammer, 1534 

Tall mayor, 1534 

Tall mayor, 1534 

Dull meal, 1535 

Ideal homily, 1535 

Outlaw match, 1536 

Idol image, 1536 

Still Mohawk, 1537 

Idle move, 1538 

Ideal map, 1539 

Idle ruse, 1540 

Dull route, 1541 

Still rate, 1541 

Still rate, 1541 

Still rate, 1541 

*Learn, 1542 

Daily ruin, 1542 

*Learn, 1542 

Dull ruin, 1542 

Duly roar, 1544 

*Laurel, 1545 

*Laurel, 1545 

Idle rule, 1545 

Idle rush, 1546 

Tali rake, 1547 

Wood lark, 1547 

Wood lark, 1547 

Tall rake, 1547 

Tall roof, 1548 

Toil at rope, 1549 

*Lawless, 1550 

*Lawless, 1550 



NUMERICAL KEY. 



35 



47 Servetus executed for heresy by the Council of Geneva. 

48 Roxalana murdered her stepson Mustapha. 

49 The Low Countries invaded by the French. 

50 Mary married Philip II. of Spain. 

51 John Rogers and others burnt. 

52 Coligni sent a colony to Brazil. 

53 Corsica ravaged by the Turks. 

54 Accession of Sebastian at three years of age. 

55 The French take Calais. 

56 Peace of Chateau Cambresis. 

57 The civil wars in France commence by a conspiracy of Amboise. 

58 John Knox engaged in the Reformation in Scotland. 

59 Eric, king of Sweden. 

60 Coligni planted a colony in Florida. 

61 First civil war in France, Catholics against Protestants. 

62 The English engage in the slave trade. 

63 Michael Angelo and Calvin died. 

64 Shakspeare and Galileo born. 

65 Mary, Queen of Scots, married Darnley. 

66 The holy league for the extirpation of Protestantism. 

67 Murder of Rizzio. 

68 The Turks invade Hungary. 

69 Second Civil War in France — Battle of Dennis. 

70 Murder of Darnley by Bothwell. 

71 Mary Stuart takes refuge in England. 

72 Execution of the Counts Egmont and Horn. 

73 Battle of Jarnie — the Protestants defeated. 

74 Catherine made peace with the Huguenots. 

75 Massacre of St. Bartholomew. 

76 Sigismond II. died, the last of the Jagellons. 

77 The Duke of Norfolk executed. 

78 Remorse and death of Charles II. 

79 The Spaniards besiege Ley den. 

80 League for the extirpation of the Protestants. 

81 Republic of Holland formed. 

82 Union of Spain and Portugal. 

83 Siberia conquered. 

84 Calendar reformed by Pope Gregory XHI. 

85 Prince of Orange murdered. 

86 Sir Walter Raleigh attempts to colonize Virginia. 

87 Davis Straits discovered. 

88 Potatoes introduced into England. 

89 Raleigh's colony carried to England by Sir Francis Drake. 

90 Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, executed. 

91 Destruction of the Invincible Armada. 

92 Duke of Guise and the Cardinal of Lorraine assassinated. 



Still lamb 

Still lamb 

Tall liar 

Tall liar, 

Tall lily 

Tall lily 

Tall ledge 

Tall luck 

Dull lava 

*Lullaby, 

Delicious 

Delicious 

Delicious 

Theologian 

Theologian 

Tall chain 

Tall shore. 

Tall shore 

Tall jail 

Tall judge 

Tall judge 

Tall judge 

* Logic 

Dull joke 

Tall sheaf, 

Tall sheaf 5 

Idle chap, 

Delicacy 

Tall gun 

Tall gun 

Tali queen, 

Dull choir, 

Dull quill 

Dull quack 

Dull cab, 

Tall vase, 

Still fight 

*Leaven, 

Delver, 

Deliver 

Tall fish 

*Lavish 

*Lavish 

Dull fog 

Outlive the wave 

Outlive the wave 



93 The English Mercury, the first newspaper, published. Outlive the wave 

94 Henry III. assassinated by Jaques Clement. Tall fop 

95 Sigismond III. united Poland and Sweden. * Albino 

96 Presbyterian church government established by act of Parliament. * Albino 

97 Henry IV. abjured the Protestant religion. Dull poem 

98 The first European child born in North America. Tulip gay 



1553 
1553 
1554 
1554 
1555 
1555 
1556 
1557 
1558 
1559 
1560 
1560 
1560 
1562 
1562 
1562 
1564 
1564 
1565 
1566 
1566 
1566 
1567 
1567 
1568 
1568 
1569 
1570 
1572 
1572 
1572 
1574 
1575 
1577 
1579 
1580 
1581 
1582 
1584 
1584 
1586 
1586 
1586 
1587 
1588 
1588 
1588 
1589 
1592 
1592 
1593 
1597 



36 



MEMORIA TECHNICA. 



99 Edict of Nantes — toleration to Protestants. 
100 Oliver Cromwell born. 



Stale puff, 1598 
Still baby, 1599 



NINTH SERIES. 

ONE HUNDRED EVENTS. 



PERIOD XIX. 

From the Birth of Cromwell to the Death of Charles XII. 
English commonwealth. — Steady pay, 119. 



1 East India Company formed. 

2 Union of Scotland with England. 

3 The gunpowder plot. 

4 The settlement of Jamestown. 

5 Founding of Quebec by Champlain. 

6 Hudson River discovered. 

7 Henry IV. assassinated by Ravaillac. 

8 The Moors expelled from Spain. 
Accession of Gustavus Adolphus. 



Dutch seas, 

Bashy son, 

Butch ceil, 

Toyish scow, 

Dutch housewife, 

Swedish spy, 

Toyish days, 

Dutch tide 



9 

10 Matthias, emperor of Germany. 

11 Pocahontas married John Rolfe. 

12 New York settled by the Dutch. 

13 Napier invented logarithms. 

14 Last meeting States General in France previous to revolution 

15 Fort Orange built, (in the State of New York,) 

16 Concini, Marshal d'Ancre, assassinated. 

17 Ploughs introduced into Virginia. 

18 Thirty years' war commenced in Germany. 

19 Discovery of the circulation of the blood, by Harvey 

20 First Colonial Assembly in Virginia. 

21 Negroes introduced into Virginia. 

22 Girls sent to Virginia, and exchanged for tobacco. 

23 Pilgrims landed at Plymouth. 

24 Whig and Tory parties formed in England. 

25 Dutch cruelties at Amboyna. 

26 The first colony settled in New Hampshire. 

27 The first English settlement in the West Indies. 

28 A pestilence in England. 

29 Delaware settled by Swedes and Finns. 

30 Maine settled by the English. 

31 Boston settled. 

32 Gustavus Adolphus gained the battle of Leipsic. 

33 The battle of Lutzen, in which Gustavus Adolphus died. 

34 Accession of Christiana. 

35 Maryland settled by Irish Catholics, under Lord Baltimore. 

36 Connecticut settled by the English Puritans. 



Dashy thought 

Dutch tune 

Dashy time 

Dutch team 

Dashy deer 

Dutch tory 

Dutch tool 

Watch tick 

Thatched hive 

Thatched hive 

Dish tub 

Whitish type 

Dutch noise 

Dashy noise 

Teach news 

Tie a giant 

Dutch name 

Dodge an enemy 

Dutch nail 

Dutch nail 

Dashy nag 

Dutch mess 

Dutch mice 

Die ashamed 

Dutchman 

Dutch woman 

Dutch mayor 

*Ishmael, 



1600 
1602 
1605 
1607 
1608 
1609 
1610 
1611 
1611 
1612 
1613 
1613 
1614 
1614 
1615 
1617 
1618 
1618 
1619 
1619 
1620 
1620 
1620 
1621 
1623 
1623 
1625 
1625 
1627 
1630 
1630 
1631 
1632 
1632 
1634 
1635 



NUMERICAL KEY. 



37 



37 Rhode Island settled by Roger Williams. 



The Pequod Indians subdued. 
Harvard University founded. 
New Haven settled. 
Revolution in Portugal. 
The Long Parliament convened. 



38 
39 
40 
41 
42 

43 Montreal founded — the Jesuits go to convert the Indians. Teac 

44 Sugar cane planted in the West Indies. i 

45 Coffee introduced into England. 

46 Strafford beheaded. 

47 Rebellion in Ireland. 

48 Civil War in England. 

49 Sir Isaac Newton born, and Galileo died. 

50 Union of the four New England colonies. *D 

51 Episcopacy abolished by the House of Commons. 

52 Battle of Marston Moor. 

53 Battle of Naseby and the Canadian war. * 

54 Charles I. delivered up to the Scots. 

55 The Cossack War in Poland. 

56 Treaty of Westphalia. 

57 Charles I. of England beheaded. 

58 Montrose executed. 

59 Cape of Good Hope settled by a Dutch colony. 

60 North Carolina settled. 

61 Battle of Worcester — Cromwell defeats the Scots. 

62 War between England and Holland. 

63 The long Parliament dissolved. *« 

64 Christiana abdicated the throne of Sweden. 

65 Conquest of Jamaica. 

QQ Quakers persecuted in Massachusetts. ] 

67 Charles X. conquered John Casimir of Poland. ] 

68 Death of Oliver Cromwell. I 

69 Pickering defeats the Spaniards and takes Dunkirk. 1 

70 The peace of the Pyrennes. I 

71 King of Denmark declared absolute and his throne hereditary. Dl] 

72 New York taken from the Dutch. D 

73 Great Plague in London — nearly 100,000 victims. 

74 Great fire in London — 13,000 buildings consumed. D 

75 Peace of Breda. I 

76 Peace of Aix la Chapelle. I 

77 Battle of Solbay. Dl 

78 The two De Witts murdered by their countrymen. 

79 King Philip's War in New England. 

80 Rebellion of Bacon in Virginia. Dl 

81 Episcopacy established in Scotland. E 

82 William Penn settled Pennsylvania. I 

83 Lord Russell and Algernon Sidney put to death. I 

84 Sobieski defeated the Turks. I 

85 James H. sent Sir E. Andros governor-general to New England. 

86 Edict of Nantes revoked. 



Dutch homage 
Boyish mug, 
Dutch muff. 
*Show map 

Teach a heresy 
^Shares 



87 Newtonian philosophy promulgated. Teach on a voyage 

88 The Revolution — the people deny the divine right of kings. *Chief foe 



38 



MEMORIA TECHNICA. 



89 Accession of William and Mary. 

90 Peter the Great, Czar of Russia. 

91 Schenectady burnt by the Indians. 

92 The battle of Boyne, in which the Irish were defeated. 

93 The French fleet defeated the English. 

94 The battle of La Hogue — the English victorious. 

95 Salem witchcraft. 

96 Earthquake in Sicily — 100,000 persons destroyed. 

97 Massacre of Glencoe, in Scotland. 

98 Rice introduced into South Carolina from Africa. 

99 The peace of Ryswick. 

100 Peter the Great engaged in ship-building. 



*Chief foe, 1689 

Dutch fop, 1689 

*Shops, 1690 

*Ships, 1890 

Chap of a day, 1691 

Dutch pin, 1692 

Dish pan, 1692 

Dutch poem, 1693 

Dutch poem, 1693 

Teachable, 1695 

Dutch book, 1697 

Dutch book, 1697 



TENTH SERIES. 



ONE HUNDRED EVENTS, 



Augustus II. king of Poland. 



Accession of Charles XII. of Sweden. 

Piracies of Robert Kid. 

Louisiana settled. 

Battle of Narva — Peter the Great defeated. 

The act of succession in Great Britain. 

Prussia became a kingdom. 

8 Yale College founded at New Haven, Conn. 

9 The charter of Philadelphia granted. 

10 Gibraltar taken by the English. 

11 The first newspaper printed in North America. 

12 Accession of Joseph I. to Germany. 

13 Invasion of Carolina by the Spaniards. 

14 The English attempt to take Port Royal. 

15 Battle of Oudenarde — Marlborough against the French. 

16 The first printing press in Connecticut. 

17 The first post office in the colonies, at New York. 

18 Expedition against Canada. 

19 The Indians massacred 137 whites in North Carolina. 

20 The ruins of Herculaneum discovered. 

21 The treaty of Utrecht. 

22 The first schooner built at Cape Ann. 

23 Rebellion in Scotland. 

24 Mississippi settled by the French. 

25 New Orleans founded. 

26 Death of Charles XII. of Sweden. 



Dutch book, 


1697 


Adage book, 


1697 


Dutch beehive, 


1698 


Dutch pipe, 


1699 


Taxes, 


1700 


Taxes, 


1700 


Text, 


1701 


Text, 


1701 


Tocsin, 


1702 


White chasm, 


1703 


Talk wiser, 


1704 


Thick sole, 


1705 


Thick siege, 


1706 


Tax go, 


1707 


Thick sieve, 


1708 


Tax pay, 


1709 


Adequate house, 


1710 


Thick headed, 


1711 


Thick tone, 


1712 


Dug them, 


1713 


Took time, 


1713 


Doctori 


1714 


Thick tile. 


1715 


* Cottage. 


1716 


Thick tack 


1717 


Duck thief, 


1718 



NUMERICAL KEY. 



PERIOD XX. 

From the Death of Charles XII. to the Present Time. 



Revolutions. — Heading a foe, 128. 



Adequate view, 

Adequate view 

Dug deep 

Dug deep 

Thickness 

Thick nod 



27 Death of William Perm and Benjamin Church. 

28 Israel Putnam born. 

29 The first Presbyterian Church in the United States. 

30 The aurora borealis first noticed in New England. 

31 Tea begun to be used in New England. 

32 Inoculation first tried on criminals. 

33 The first newspaper printed at New York by William Bradford. *Keenly 

34 Aberration of the fixed stars discovered by Dr. Bradley. Thick nook 

35 The Natchez Indians massacre the French. Talk of a nap 

36 The fort at Crown Point erected. Dike in the mud 

37 George Washington and Richard Henry Lee born. Take a man 

38 Georgia settled by James Oglethorpe. Thick mummy 

39 War between France and England. Dog roar 

40 Treaty of Aix la Chapelle. Thick roof, 

41 New style adopted — Franklin's experiment with a kite. Thick lion 

42 The great earthquake at Lisbon. *Weak and lowly, 

43 Braddock's defeat. *Weak and lowly, 



44 The Seven Year's War began. 

45 End of the " old French war." 

46 Stamp act passed. 

47 Dartmouth college founded. 

48 Lightning rods invented. 
The first partition of Poland. 
Battle of Bunker Hill. 
Declaration of Independence. 
Henry Clay born — Burgoyne surrendered. 
The treason of Arnold. 

54 Independence of the United States. 

55 Federal Constitution adopted by the States. 
The States General of France meet. 
Discovery of Galvanism. 
First railroad in England. 
The reign of terror in France. 
Vaccination introduced by Dr. Jenner. 
General Washington died, aged 67. 

62 Union of England and Ireland. 

63 Purchase of Louisiana. 

64 Napoleon crowned emperor of France. 

65 Alexander Hamilton killed by Aaron Burr. 

66 Battle of Austerlitz and Trafalgar. 

67 Battle of Jena. 

68 Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples. 

69 Battle of Friedland and Treaty of Tilsit. 

70 Aaron Burr tried for conspiracy. 

71 King of Portugal emigrated to Brazil. 

72 Napoleon married Maria Louisa, 

73 Holland annexed to France. 



49 
50 
51 

52 
53 



Clash, 

Thick jam 

Thick shawl 

Thick chap 

Thick ox 

Took a cane 

*Quickiy, 

Thick coach 

Thick cake 

Dog face 

Echo of fame 

Thick fog, 

Thick beef, 

*Copied 

* Copied 
Thick beam 

*Cow beef. 

Cap a pie 

Advised 

Tough sum 

* Officer 
Adviser 

Vessel 

Tough siege 

Tough siege 

*Physic 

*Physic 

*Physic 

*Fates 

"Fates 



40 



MEMORIA TECHNICS. 



74 Revolution in Caraccas. 

75 Burning of the Richmond Theatre. 

76 Napoleon's Campaign in Russia. 

77 United States declared war against Great Britain. 

78 Battles of Lutzen and Leipsic. 

79 Napoleon banished to Elba. 

80 British took "Washington, and burned the public buildings. 

81 Battles of New Orleans and Waterloo. 

82 American Colonization Society. 

83 The Holy Alliance and Congress of Sovereigns. 

84 The first steam ship crossed the Atlantic. 

85 Spain ceded Florida to the United States. 

86 Revolution in Spain. 

87 Death of Napoleon at St. Helena. 

88 Death of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. 

89 Catholic Relief Bill passed the British House of Commons. 

90 Louis, Duke of Orleans, becomes King of the French. 

91 The Reform Bill passes the British Parliament. 

92 Slavery abolished in the British Colonies. 

93 The Florida War begun. 

94 Texas declared its independence. 

95 Railroad from Manchester to Liverpool opened July 4. 

96 Napoleon re-interred in Paris. 

97 Contest for the extension of suffrage in Rhode Island. 

98 Treaty between the United States and England concluded. 

99 The Free Church of Scotland. 
100 The Philadelphia riots. 



*Fates, 1810 

Defeated, 1811 

Tough tone, 1812 

Tough tone, 1812 

Tough time, 1813 

Divider, 1814 

Divider, 1814 

Devoutly, 1815 

Tough dish, 1816 

Divide off, 1818 

*Wavy deep, 1819 

*Wavy deep, 1819 

Divines, 1820 

Divine idea, 

Tough notch, 

Stiff nap, 

Stiff muss, 

Deaf man, 

SthT mummy, 1833 

*Family, 1835 

*Famish, 

Tough make, 

Divorce, 

Tough riot, 

Tavern, 

Deform, 

Devourer, 



1821 
1826 
1829 
1830 
1832 



1836 
1837 
1840 
1841 
1842 
1843 
1844 



QUESTIONS ON" THE ONE THOUSAND HISTORICAL EVENTS. 

1. How much time is embraced in Ancient Chronology? A. The space between the 

Creation and the Birth of our Saviour. 

2. How many years does it embrace ? A. 4004. 

3. Into how many Periods is Ancient Chronology divided ? 

4. From what event to what event does the first period extend ? 

5. What is the characteristic of the first period ? 

6. How many years does it embrace ? 

7. What are the most prominent events of this period? 

8. Who are the distinguished characters of this period ? 

9. What ecclesiastical events are embraced in this period? A. The preaching of 

Noah, and the universal wickedness of mankind. 

10. What inventions or discoveries were made in this period? A. Architecture, 

musical instruments, and music. 

11. What event commences this period? 

12. With what event does the period close? 

Many of these, and similar questions, might be asked by a teacher on each of the 
periods. Before making out the answer to the 9th question, it will be well to consult the 
Chapter on Discoveries and Improvements in the Arts and Sciences. 



NUMERICAL KEY. 41 



13. "What three kingdoms were founded in the second period ? 

14. By whom was the first founded ? By whom was the second ? 

15. What dynasty was founded ? 

16. What patriarch was born, and at what time ? 



The figures at the end of the following questions denote the number in the Series 
where the answer can be obtained. 

How long before Christ was the origin of the Jewish nation ? 16, 1st Series. 

By whom was the kingdom of Troy founded, and when ? 62. 

When was the Assyrian Empire founded, and by whom? 96. 

When was the Persian Empire established, and by whom? 31, 3d Series. 

When was the Grecian or Macedonian Empire founded, and by whom ? 4, 4th Series. 

When and by whom was the Roman Empire founded ? 17, 5th Series. 

What two great events occurred soon after Augustus came to the throne ? 15, 26. 

When was Carthage founded, and by whom ? 1, 2d Series. 

Who was the greatest biographer of antiquity, and when did he die ? 62, 5th Series. 

Who was the last Roman emperor, and whose names does he bear? 4, 6th Series. 

A. The names of the founder of Rome and also her first emperor. 
What nations have their origin near the beginning of the 4th century? 94, 95, 96, 

97, 5th Series. 
What nation had its origin near the beginning of the 5th century ? 29, 6th Series. 



SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND. 



DIRECTIONS TO THE LEARNER. 

To study the history of a monarchy, is to study the biography of its Sovereigns. 
In the application of this system, the following thirteen questions can be answered on 
each sovereign. 

1. What sovereign answers to any given number which points out the numerical 
order, as arranged on the left ? 

Illustration. This is determined by calling to mind the adjective found in the 
same sentence with his name. 

2. Which sovereign may he be, in the series, of the same name ? 
Illustration. Of the Henrys there are eight. If I ask for the 40th sovereign, 

my 40th adjective is rosy. I am to ask, What name is my 40th adjective associated with 
in a sentence ? I find it to be Henry. But which Henry ? If I find my first adjective 
associated with a second one, the second adjective is to denote which sovereign of that 
name. Thus : Rosy and fine Henry. The first adjective points out the numerical order 
of all the sovereigns, and the second the given sovereign of the name. The 40th sov- 
ereign is the 8th Henry. 

3. When did he ascend the throne ? 

4. How long did he reign ? 

5. In what year did he vacate the throne ? 

6. To what dynasty did he belong ? 

7. Who was his predecessor ? 

8. Who was his successor? 

9. In what year did his dynasty begin ? 

10. In what year did it end? 

11. How many sovereigns were members of his dynasty? 

12. How many dynasties are there, and what are their names ? 

13. If any given sovereign be named, what is his order in the whole nomenclature ? 
Making in all 728 questions, which the pupil can answer from the following arrange- 
ment, thus : — 

Rosy and fine Henry was a hatless boy on a muggy eve. 

He came to the throne 1509, reigned 37 years ; and by adding the 37 to 1509, we get 
the answer to the question, What year did he vacate the throne ? To what dynasty did 
he belong ? The eighth ? 

Method. — Hatless boy on a muggy eve = 1509 — 37 — 8. 

The four following questions require the most important answers in the foregoing series. 

1. What sovereign answers to any given number ? 

2. When did that sovereign ascend the throne ? 

3. How long did that sovereign reign ? 

4. To what dynasty did the sovereign belong ? 



SOVEREIGNS OP ENGLAND. 



43 



FIRST DYNASTY. 

OLD SAXON KINGS. 



1 Dear Egbert had the 


face of a semi-foe, 


800 *38 


2 New Ethelwolf threw 


off his muff and tip, 


838 19 


3 Modern Ethelbald had a 


full game, 


857 3 


4 Rich Ethelbert had a few 


shoes and a watch, 


860 6 


5 Long and dear Ethelred. 


Voyage with a judge, 


866 6 


6 Chief Alfred the Great. 


Heavy cane and knife, 


872 28 


7 Curious Edward the Elder. 


Base son in law, 


900 25 


8 Fine Athelstan. 


Bone lay on the dial, 


925 15 


9 Bold and dear Edmond I. 


Pray like a sage, 


940 6 


10 Dozing Edred. 


Peerage for a boy, 


946 9 


11 Tidy Edwin. 


Ball lower, 


955 4 


12 Tiny Edgar the Pacific. 


Pulpit with joy, 


959 16 


13 Tame Edward the Martyr. 


Beg of a holy hero, 


975 4 


14 Daring and new Ethelred II. 


Big boy's mug, 


979 37 


15 Tall and new Edmond II. 


Days on the dashy side, 


1016 1 



* The last two figures denote the years each of the first dynasty occupied the throne, 
sovereigns are assigned to one dynasty. 



The first fifteen 



SECOND DYNASTY. 

DANISH KINGS. 

16 Dutch Canute the Great. Ties a duck in an odd pen, 1017 19 *2 

17 Decorated and dear Harold I. Does much for money, 1036 3 2 

18 Tough Hardicanute. Ties a map to a nun, 1039 2 2 

* The last figure denotes the dynasty to which each remaining sovereign belongs. 

THIRD DYNASTY. 

NEW SAXON KINGS. 



19 Tabby Edward the Confessor. 

20 Nice and new Harold n. 



Desired no harm, 
Dies in a jolly time, 



1041 24 2 
1065 1 3 



21 Noted and dear 

Conqueror. 

22 Know and new William II. 

23 Numb and dear Henry I. 

24 Norman Stephen. 



FOURTH DYNASTY 

NORMAN KINGS. 
William the \ 






Do Me the sage gentry, 1066 21 4 

Dies like a gay tame roe, 1087 13 4 

Dates of some lawyer, 1100 35 4 

Tight meal dipper, 1135 19 4 



FIFTH DYNASTY. 

PLANTAGENET KINGS. 



25 Null and new Henry n. Stately row in a homely hall, 

26 New shaped and dear Rich- ) m . , . ■. , . , 

ard L Cosur de Lion. } Tl ^ ht heav y boot sole ' 

27 Naked John. Stout boy bought a quill, 

28 Novel and modern Henry III. Dandy jewel in jail, 



1154 35 5 

1189 10 5 

1199 17 5 
1216 56 5 



44 MEMOKIA TECHNICA. 

29 Noble and dear Edward I. Tin gun on a mole hill, 1272 35 5 

SO Miserly and new Edward II. Sweet music to a new SOUl, 1307 20 5 

31 Mighty and modem Edward III. Tame new gay and low SOUl, 1327 50 5 

32 Mean and new Richard II. Dame cook knowingly, 1377 22 5 

SIXTH DYNASTY. 

LANCASTER BRANCH. 

33 Mimic and rich Henry IV. Damp boy from damage, 1399 13 6 

34 Marble and long Henry V. Tardy notes of joy, 1412 10 6 

35 Small and chief Henry VI. Die with the renown of a miffy Jew 5 1422 38 6 

SEVENTH DYNASTY. 

YORK BRANCH. 

36 Missionary and rich Edward IV. Dare choose a new mug, 1460 23 7 

37 Mock and long Edward V. Drive in a mossy sack, 1483 00 7 

38 Moving and modern Richard III. Dear fame of a snake, 1483 2 7 

EIGHTH DYNASTY. 

TUDOR BRANCH. 

39 Maple and curious Henry VII. Dear fellow with a near foe, 1485 24 8 

40 Rosy and fine Henry VIII. Hatless boy on a muggy eve, 1509 37 8 

41 Red and chief Edward VI. Tall and rash calf, 1546 7 8 

42 Ruinous Mary. Dull, lame, and silly foe, 1553 5 8 

43 Roman Elizabeth. Die for love, a rare view, 1558 44 8 

NINTH DYNASTY. 

STUART BRANCH. 

44 Rare and dear James I. Tie on a chosen new map, 1602 23 9 

45 Real and dear Charles I. Teach a new lean mob, 1625 23 9 

46 Wretched Cromwell. Dutch roof at noon for pay, 1648 12 9 

47 Ragged and new Charles II. Dashy, joy OUS and unholy boy, 1660 25 9 

48 Roving and new James II. Dish full of samp, 1685 3 9 

TENTH DYNASTY. 

NASSAU ORANGE BRANCH. 

49 Ripe and modern William III. Dodge off as a fighter does, 1688 14 10 

50 Lazy Anne. Talk like the sound of notes, 1702 12 10 

ELEVENTH DYNASTY. 

BRUNSWICK HANOVER. 

51 Little and dear George I. Take a tour at the time of death, 1714 13 11 

52 Lean and new George II. Take a nag home at mid day, 1727 33 11 

53 Luminous and modern George III. Took a chase with shoes tied, 1760 60 11 

54 Large and rich George IV. Divinest statue, 1820 10 11 

55 Lowly and rich "William IV. Defy the mask with thought, 1830 7 11 

56 Leisurely and dear Victoria I. Tough May kite day, 1837 11 



DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS 

IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES. 



1 Astronomical observations first made in Babylon, B.C. 

since which time astronomers have known Moor, 2234 

2 Lyre invented. Nice sea hero, 2004 

3 Sculpture. Dip in the seas, 1900 

4 Agriculture, by Triptolemus. Teaches US, 1600 

5 Chariots of war. Tall size, 1500 

6 Alphabetic letters introduced into Europe. Tall size, 1500 

7 The first ship seen in Greece, arrived at Rhodes from Egypt. Waterfall, 1485 

8 Iron discovered in Greece, by the burning of Mount Ida. Water swash, 1406 

9 Seaman's compass invented in China. Deadness, 1120 

10 Gold and silver money first coined by Phidon, king of Argos. Viper, 894 

11 Parchment invented by Attalus, king of Pergamus. Safe in the fog, 887 

12 Weights and measures instituted. Fish boy, 869 

13 First eclipse observed. Squint, 721 

14 Ionic order used in building. Jewels, 650 

15 Maps and globes invented by Anaximander. Cheeses, 600 

16 Sun-dials invented. Low life, 558 

17 Signs of the Zodiac invented by Anaximander. Lark, 547 

18 Corinthian order of architecture. Silly race, 540 

19 First public library established at Athens. Launch, 526 

20 Silk brought from Persia to Greece. Manual, 325 

21 The art of painting brought from Etruria to Rome, by Quintus Pictor. Inhabit, 291 

22 Solar quadrants introduced. New base, 290 

23 Mirrors in silver invented by Praxiteles. New fife, 288 

24 Silver money first coined at Pome. New ship, 269 

25 Hour-glass invented in Alexandria. Nurse, 240 

26 Burning mirrors invented by Archimedes. Indian, 212 

27 First fabricating of glass. Noses, 200 

28 Brass invented. Thrush, 146 

29 Paper invented in China. Tassel, 105 

30 Rhetoric first taught at Rome. Fig, 87 

31 Blister-plasters invented. Cheese, 60 

32 Julian year regulated by Caesar. Roll, 45 

33 Apple trees brought from Syria and Africa into Italy. Bee, 9 

34 Vulgate edition of the Bible discovered. Native, a. c. 218 

35 Porcelain invented in China. Anchor, 274 

36 Water-mills invented by Belisarius. Low lily, 555 

37 Sugar first mentioned by Paul Eginetta, a physician. Channel, 625 

38 Stone buildings introduced into England, by Bennet, a monk. Shake the house, 670 

39 Couriers, or posts, invented by Charlemagne. Evasive, 808 

40 Arabic figures invented. Fathom, 813 

41 Lanterns invented by king Alfred. Fops, 890 

42 High towers first erected on churches. Diseases, 1000 

43 Musical notes invented by Guy and Aretin. Designed, 1021 

44 Heraldry originated. Die of disease, 1100 

45 Distillation first practised. Dead loss, 1150 

46 Glass windows first used in England. Tidy face, 1180 

47 Chimneys built in England. Denham show, 1236 

48 Leaden pipes for conveying water, invented. Dim line, 1252 



46 



MEMORIA TECKNICA. 



49 Magic lanterns invented by Roger Bacon. 

50 Tallow candles first used. 

51 Fulminating powder invented by Roger Bacon. 

52 Spectacles invented by Spina. 

53 Windmills invented. 

54 Alum discovered in Syria. 

55 Paper made of linen. 
5Q Woollen cloths first made in England. 

57 Painting in oil colors. 

58 Muskets used in England. 

59 Pumps invented. 

60 Wood-cuts invented. 

61 Almanacs first published in Buda. 

62 Printing introduced into England by Caxton. 

63 Watches invented at Nuremberg. 

64 Tobacco discovered in St. Domingo. 

65 Shillings first coined in England. 

66 Stops in literature introduced. 

67 Spinning-wheel invented at Brunswick: 

68 Pins invented. 

69 Needles first made in England by an Indian. 

70 Sextant invented by Tycho Brahe. 

71 Coaches first used in England. 

72 Telescopes invented by Jansen. 

73 Thermometers invented by Drehel. 

74 Barometer invented by Torricelli, an Italian. 

75 Regular posts established in London. 

76 Coffee brought to England. 

77 Air-pumps invented. 

78 Air-guns invented by Guter. 

79 Pendulums for clocks invented. 

80 Spring pocket watches invented by Dr. Hook. 

81 Engines to extinguish fires. 

82 Bayonets invented at Bayonne. 

83 Telegraphs invented. 

84 Georgium Sidus discovered by Herschell. 

85 Stereotype printing invented by Mr. Ged, Scotland. 

86 Sunday schools established in Yorkshire. 

87 Galvanism, 1767, — its extraordinary effects on animals 

discovered by Mrs. Galvani. 

88 Planet Ceres discovered by Piazzi. 

89 Pallas discovered by Olbers. 

90 Life boats invented. 

91 Planet Juno discovered by Harding. 

92 Yesta discovered by Olbers. 

93 Steam first used to propel boats, by Fulton, in America. 

94 Engraving on steel first invented by Perkins, an American. 

95 Gas first used for lighting streets in the U. S., at Baltimore. 

96 Electro-magnetic Telegraph invented by Morse, America. 

97 Egyptian hieroglyphics first discovered by Champollion. 

98 Mesmerism, or animal magnetism, discovered by Mesmer. 

99 Macadamizing streets commenced in London by McAdam. 

100 Daguereotype impressions first taken by Daguerre, in France. Tough, map, 



Tiny boys, 

Tiny boys, 

Tiny boys, 

Tin pipe, 

Tin pipe, 

Dumb asses, 

Dumb son, 

Bum mood, 

Tortoise, 

Throned^ 

Door nail. 

Dear chase, 

Dear chase, 

Door case, 

Dark key, 

Tar patch, 

Heedlessly, 

Idleness, 

Dull moss. 

Delirium, 

Tall roll, 

Tall lace, 

Tall face, 

Tall piece, 

Toyishness, 

Dutch notch, 

Dutch mail, 

Dashy ride, 

Dashy lace, 

Dutch leach, 

Dutch latch, 

Dutch leave, 

Dutch chime, 

Dutch case, 

Whitish fog, 

Dog fight, 

Dog fly, 

Talk of a fop, 

Talk of a fop, 

Tough sight, 

Tough sight, 

Tough sign, 

Tough seer, 

Tough sack, 

*Heavy scow, 

Tough tough, 

Tough night. 

Defy money, 

Half known, 

Thick fife, 

Definer, 



GEOGRAPHY. 



LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE OF CAPITALS AND OTHER TOWNS 
AND CITIES, IN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA. 



The Longitude is reckoned from Greenwich. 





LAT. 


LONG. 


1 The people of Augusta, capital of Maine, seldom see a Rare ship, 44 N 


. 69 W, 


2 Portland, Me. 


Roam like geese, 43 " 


70 " 


3 Bangor, Me. 


Rare shop, 44 " 


69 " 


4 Concord, capital of New Hampshire. 


Roam with a guide, 43 " 


71 " 


5 Portsmouth, N. H. 


Roam like geese, 43 " 


70 « 


6 Montpelier, capital of Vermont. 


Rare gun, 44 " 


72 " 


7 Burlington, Vt. 


Rare game, 44 " 


73 " 


8 Boston, capital of Massachusetts. 


Worn gate, 42 " 


71 « 


9 Lowell, Mass. 


Worn kite, 42 " 


71 « 


10 Salem, Mass. 


Worn coat, 42 " 


71 " 


11 New Bedford, Mass. 


Worthy cause, 42 " 


70 " 


12 Plymouth, Mass. 


Rude cause, 42 " 


70 « 


13 Providence, capital of Rhode Island. 


Red coat, 41 " 


71 « 


14 Newport, R. I. 


Red coat, 41 « 


71 « 


15 Hartford, capital of Connecticut. 


Right game, 41 " 


73 " 


16 New Haven, " " 


Right game, 41 " 


73 " 


17 Albany, capital of New York. 


Run after game, 42 " 


73 " 


18 New York. 


Rose with care, 40 " 


74 « 


19 Utica, N. Y. 


Raw magpie, 43 " 


79 « 


20 Lockport, N. Y. 


Rum cup, 43 " 


79 » 


21 Rochester, N. Y. 


Warm coffee, 43 " 


78 " 


22 Brooklyn, N. Y. 


Rise with care, 40 " 


74 " 


23 Buffalo, N. Y. 


Run for a cab, 42 " 


79 « 


24 Troy, N. Y. 


Rainy wigwam, 42 " 


73 " 


25 Fishkill, N. Y. 


Ready cure, 41 " 


74 " 


26 Trenton, capital of New Jersey. 


Rosy hickory, 40 " 


74 « 


27 Newark, N. J. 


Rosy hickory, 40 " 


74 " 


28 Harrisburg, capital of Pennsylvania. 


Rise quick, 40 " 


77 « 


29 Philadelphia, Pa. 


Mob in a gale, 39 " 


75 « 


30 Pittsburg, Pa. 


Raise a voice, 40 " 


80 " 


31 Dover, capital of Delaware. 


May beguile, 39 " 


75 " 


32 Wilmington, Del. 


My boy in a gale, 39 " 


75 " 


33 Washington, D. C, capital of United States. 


MifFy quack, 39 " 


77 « 


34 Annapolis, capital of Maryland. 


Maybug/or a show, 39 " 


76 " 


35 Baltimore, Md. 


Map in a coach, 39 " 


76 " 


36 Richmond, capital of Virginia. 


Make a cake, 37 " 


77 " 


37 Norfolk, Va. 


Make a coach, 37 " 


76 " 


38 Raleigh, capital of North Carolina. 


Mill coffee, 35 " 


78 « 



48 



MEMORIA TECHNICA. 



39 Columbia, capital of South Carolina. 

40 Charleston, S. C. 

41 Milledgeville, capital of Georgia. 

42 Augusta, Ga. 

43 Tuscaloosa, capital of Alabama. 

44 Mobile, Ala. 

45 Tallahassee, capital of Florida. 

46 Key West, Fa. 

47 Jackson, capital of Mississippi. 

48 Natchez, Miss. 

49 Baton Rouge, capital of Louisiana. 

50 New Orleans, Louisiana. 

51 Little Rock, capital of Arkansas. 

52 Frankfort, capital of Kentucky. 

53 Louisville, Ky. 

54 Nashville, capital of Tennessee. 

55 Columbus, capital of Ohio. 
5Q Cincinnati, O. 

57 Indianapolis, capital of Indiana. 

58 Springfield, capital of Illinois. 

59 Chicago, 111. 

60 Nauvoo, 111. 

61 Jefferson city, capital of Missouri. 

62 St. Louis, Mo. 

63 Detroit, capital of Michigan. 

64 Iowa city, capital of Iowa. 

Q5 Madison, capital of Wisconsin. 
QQ Halifax, Nova Scotia. 

67 Fredericton, New Brunswick. 

68 St. John's, New Brunswick. 

69 Montreal, Canada East. 

70 Toronto, Canada West. 

71 Quebec, Canada East. 

72 Galveston, capital of Texas. 

73 Mexico, capital of Mexico. 

74 Vera Cruz, Mexico. 

75 Sante Fe, Mexico. 

76 Havana, capital of Cuba, West Indies. 

77 Port au Prince, capital of St. Domingo, W. I. 

78 Kingston, Jamaica, W. I. 

79 Chuquisaca, capital of Bolivia, South America. 

80 Caraccas, capital of Venezuela, S. A. 

81 Quito, capital of Equador, S. A. 

82 Lima, capital of Peru, S. A. 

83 Buenos Ayres, capital of Buenos Ayres, S. A. 

84 Rio Janeiro, capital of Brazil, S. A. 

85 Santiago, capital of Chili, S. A. 



Mere fight, 34 N. 81 W. 


A man's voice, 32 ' 


80 « 


Maim for fame, 33 " 


83 " 


Maim the feet, 33 * 


81 " 


Mummy in the fog, 33 « 


87 " 


Muse tvith a life, 30 < 


88 " 


Mice in the fall, 30 < 


85 « 


Marrow fame, 24 < 


83 « 


Money base, 32 ' 


90 « 


May day beauty, 31 < 


91 " 


Muse in a pit, 30 " 


91 " 


New pay for boys, 29 " 


90 " 


Mere bone, 34 « 


92 " 


Muff o/ fur, 38 " 


84 " 


Move the veil, 38 " 


85 " 


Much in vogue, 36 ' 


86 « 


Mob for fame, 39 " 


83 « 


Hemp weaver, 39 < 


84 « 


May boys fish, 39 < 


86 " 


Mob on half pay, 39 < 


89 « 


Worn fife, 42 « 


88 " 


Worse habit, 40 < 


90 " 


Move a bone, 38 u 


92 " 


Miffy boys, 38 < 


90 " 


Run for fame, 42 < 


85 " 


Reign of piety, 42 < 


91 " 


Rum and a fop, 43 ' 


' 89 « 


Rare gem, 44 < 


: 63 " 


Rich judge, 46 < 


' 66 « 


Royal judge, 45 < 


6Q " 


Rich comb, 46 < 


' 73 « 


Roam in a cab, 43 < 


79 " 


Rich coat, 46 * 


71 " 


Unhappy blow, 29 ' 


' 95 " 


Noise of a baby, 20 < 


99 " 


Top of the page, 19 * 


96 " 


Much dozish, 36 " 


106 « 


Name in vane, 23 < 


82 " 


Top of Ms cane, 19 ' 


72 « 


Dig for cash, 17 ' 


76 " 


Top of the cheek, 19 S 


. 67 " 


Dead shock, 11 " 


67 " 


A Swiss in a cave, " 


79 " 


Tin gig, 12 « 


77 " 


Small leaf, 35 " 


58 « 


Name of a room, 23 " 


43 « 


Maim a goat, 33 « 


71 " 



GEOGRAPHY. 



49 



OTHER PLACES IN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA. 



1 Astoria, Oregon Territory. 

2 Bermuda Islands, Atlantic Ocean. 

3 Cape Horn, South America. 

4 Cape Isabella, north of Baffin's Bay. 

5 Cape Prince of Wales, E. of Behring Straits. 

6 Cape Sable, south of Florida. 

7 Cape St. Lucas, south of California. 

8 Council Bluffs, Missouri Territory. 

9 Falls of Niagara, State of New York. 

10 Falls of St. Anthony, Mississippi River. 

11 Madeira Islands, Atlantic Ocean. 

12 Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. 

13 Natural Bridge, Virginia. 

14 Panama, northern part of South America. 





LAT. LONG. 


Rich tinge, 


46 N. 126W. 


Menagerie, 


32 " 64 " 


Lash the jocky, 


56 S. 67 " 


Cup to a cook. 


79 N. 77 " 


Jewish or Dutch wife, 


66 " 168" 


Snail fight. 


25 " 81 " 


Ninety days. 


22 " 110" 


Red badge, 


41 " 96 " 


Rum cup, 


43 " 79 " 


Real pair, 


45 " 94 " 


Home made hock. 


33 " 18 " 


Make a voyage, 


37 " 86 " 


Move in a cab. 


38 " 79 " 


Boy in a cab, 


9 " 79 " 



IMPORTANT CITIES AND TOWNS ON THE GLOBE. 



10 
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15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 



Acre, Syria, Asia. 


Myrrh for a mummy, 


34 N 


.33 E. 


Adrianople, Turkey, Europe. 


Ride to enjoy, 


41 " 


26 " 


Alexandria, Egypt. 


Mighty muss, 


31 " 


30 " 


Algiers, capital of Algiers. 


Much at home. 


36 «. 


03 " 


Archangel, city in Russia. 


Joy in the Lord, 


65 " 


41 « 


Amsterdam, capital of Holland. 


Lean hero, 


52 " 


04 " 


Antwerp, capital of Belgium. 


Leader, 


51 " 


04 " 


Athens, capital of Greece. 


Move to near. 


38 " 


24 " 


Astrachan, capital of Asiatic Russia. 


Rich and rough, 


46 " 


48 « 


Bagdad, Turkey in Asia. 


Mummy rare. 


33 " 


44 " 


Berlin, capital of Prussia. 


Lean team. 


52 « 


13 " 


Bankok, Chin India. 


Tame disease. 


13 " 


100" 


Barcelona, Spain. 


Ready sign, 


41 " 


02 « 


Batavia, Java. 


Shed a siege, 


6 " 


106" 


Birmingham^ England. 


Linen, 


52 " 


02 W. 


Bombay, capital of Hindostan. 


Top of the comb, 


19 " 


73 " 


Bucharia, capital of India Tartary. 


Rose or a cherry, 


40 " 


64 " 


Bordeaux, France. 


Rear an ice house. 


44 " 


00 " 


Breslau, Prussia. 


Wild dog, 


51 " 


17 " 


Bristol, England. 


Laden, 


51 " 


02 " 


Brussels, capital of Belgium. 


Lazy hour, 


50 " 


04 " 


Cadiz, Spain. 


Match a Jew, 


36 " 


06 " 


Cabul, capital of Afghanistan. 


Moor a ship, 


34 " 


69 E. 


Cairo, capital of Egypt. 


Mass o/mud, 


30 " 


31 " 


Calcutta, capital of Hindostan. 


No new fur. 


22 " 


84 " 


Canton, China. 


Enemy in the day time, 


23 " 


113" 


Cape Town, capital of South Africa. 


Maim a dove, 


33 " 


18 " 


Christiana, capital of Norway. 


Just youth, 


60 « 


11 " 


Constantinople, capital of Turkey in 


Europe. Worthy nephew, 


41 « 


28 " 


Copenhagen, capital of Denmark. 

7 


111 will to a dean, 


55 " 


12 " 



50 



MEMORIA TECHNICA. 



31 Cologne, Prussia. 


Lazy Jew, 50 N. 06 E. 


32 Cork, Ireland. 


Light sieve, 51 " 08 W. 


33 Damascus, Syria. 


My home match, 33 " 36 " 


34 Dresden, capital of Saxony. 


Land in a dome, 51 " 13 " 


35 Dublin, capital of Ireland. 


Lame Jew, 53 " 06 W. 


36 Edinburgh, capital of Scotland. 


Lowly home, 55 " 03 " 


37 Florence, capital of Tuscany. 


Remitted, 43 " 11 E. 


38 Frankfort, capital of Germany. 


Always safe, 50 " 08 " 


39 Geneva, Switzerland. 


Rich sage, 46 " 06 " 


40 Genoa, Italy. 


Rare sofa, 44 " 08 " 


41 Ghent, Belgium. 


Wealthy home, 51 " 03 " 


42 Gondar, capital of Abyssinia. 


Time to move, 13 « 38 " 


43 Gibraltar, Spain. 


Much law, 36 " 05 « 


44 Glasgow, Scotland. 


Lily hare, 55 " 04 " 


45 Hamburg, Germany. 


Lame boy, 53 " 09 " 


46 Hague, capital of Holland. 


Lean hero, 52 " 05 " 


47 Hanover, capital of Hanover. 


Lion in the woods, 52 " 10 " 


48 Hobart Town, capital of Van Dieman's 


Land. Room in the dark, 43 S.147 " 


49 Ispahan, Persia. 


Money and wealth, 32 " 51 " 


50 Jeddo, capital of Japan, East India. 


Much in the dam, 36 "139 " 


51 Jerusalem, Palestine. 


Meet the mail, 31 " 35 " 


52 Kelat, capital of Beloochistan. 


Nap of a judge, 29 " 66 " 


53 Lassa, capital of Thibet. 


Mouse with a bone, 30 " 92 " 


54 Leeds, England. 


Lame and sad, 53 " 01 " 


55 Leghorn, Italy. 


Rum is odious, 43 " 10 " 


56 Lima, capital of Peru. 


Ton of cocoa, 12 S. 77 " 


57 Lisbon, capital of Portugal. 


Imp of a boy, 39 " 09 " 


58 Liverpool, England. 


Lame to swim, 53 N. 03 " 


59 London, capital of England. 


Wealth, 51 « 00 " 


60 Lyons, France. 


Ruler, 45 " 04 " 


61 Madras, Hindostan. 


Wisdom and vice, 13 " 80 " 


62 Madrid, capital of Spain. 


Rosy home, 40 " 03 « 


63 Manchester, England. 


Illumine, 53 " 02 « 


64 Manilla, Philippine Islands. 


Odor of tansy, 14 "120 " 


65 Marseilles, France. 


Warmly, 43 " 05 " 


66 Milan, Italy. 


Royal spy, 45 " 09 " 


67 Morocco, capital of Morocco. 


May day sky, 31 « 07 " 


68 Moscow, Russia in Europe. 


Lily in a mug, 55 " 37 " 


69 Munich, capital of Bavaria. 


Rough tin, 48 " 12 " 


70 Muscat, Arabia. 


New milk, 23 " 57 w 


71 Nankin, China. 


Man a tidy foe, 32 "118 " 


72 Naples, Italy. 


Rose water, 40 " 14 " 


73 Oporto, Portugal. 


Hearty vow, 41 " 08 " 


74 Palermo, capital of Sicily. 


Move in time, 38 " 13 " 


75 Paris, capital of France. 


Revenue, 48 " 02 " 


76 Pekin, capital of China. 


Empty dish, 39 "116 " 


77 Pernambuco, Brazil. 


Safe mayor, 8 S. 34 " 


78 Prague, Austria. 


Lustre, 50 N. 14 " 


79 Riga, Russia. 


Lodge the owner, 56 " 24 " 


80 Rome, Italy. 


Hard tone, 41 " 12 « 


81 Rotterdam, Holland. 


Letter, 51 " 04 « 


82 Rouen, France. 


Rapid, 49 " 01 « 



GEOGRAPHY. 



51 



83 Rhodes, island in the Mediterranean. Home 

84 Sea Horse Island, north-east of Spitzbergen. 

85 Smyrna, Turkey in Asia. 

86 St. Helena, home of the exiled emperor. 

87 St. Paul island, Indian Ocean. 

88 Teneriffe, one of the Canary Islands. 

89 Tonga Islands, Pacific Ocean. 

90 Trieste, Austria. 

91 Venice, Italy. 



on the ocean wave ? 

Fine map, 

Mllff on the nnb 5 

Tall Jew 9 

Moss cake. 

Enough talk, 

Noted gale, 

Rash deer, 

Roll o/tin, 



36 N. 28 W. 



82 
38 
15 
30 
28 
21 
46 
45 



" 39 
" 29 
S. 06 
" 77 
" 17 
"175 
" 14 
" 12 



E. 
W. 



OTHER CITIES AND PLACES ON THE GLOBE. 



1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 



Babylon, ancient city of Turkey in Europe. 

Bagdad, city in Turkey. 

Bombay, city in British India. 

Candia, capital of the isle of Candia. 

Cape Comorin, south of Hindostan. 

Cape Farewell, south of Greenland. 

Cape of Good Hope, south of Africa. 

Cape Guardafui, east of Africa. 

Cape Lopatka, south of Kamschatka. 

Cape Pillar, south of Van Dieman's Land. 

Cape St. Mary, south of Madagascar. 

Cape York, north of New Holland. 

Cape Zelania, north-east of Nova Zembla. 

Fejee Islands, Pacific Ocean. 

Juan Fernandez, island in the Pacific Ocean. 



Mummy near, 

Memory of a hero, 

Top of a kite. 

Mellow knell., 

Boy in a cave, 

Chase a rogue, 

Merry dove, 

Time of the moon, 

Light dialogue, 

Reared roof. 

New laurel, 

Tidy trim, 

Cake in a cage, 

Tea or good coffee, 

A mere cap, 



33 N. 42 E. 
44 W. 



Monrovia, capital of Liberia, Western Africa. Joy on the tide, 

Maelstrom, a vortex near Norway. Shove the tide, 

Northeast Cape, north of Siberia. Coffee in hot houses, 

Otaheite, Society Islands. Tall dahlias, 

Owyhee, Sandwich Islands. Honest and loyal, 

Petz Island, Southern Ocean. Shop boys, 



71 

25 

78 
47 
18 



Pitcairn's Island, Pacific Ocean. 



Unholy themes, 



33 " 

19 " 
35 " 

9 « 
60 " 

34 S. 
13 N. 52 " 
51 "157 " 
44S.148 " 
25 " 45 " 
11 "143 « 

77 N. 76 " 
17 S.178 " 
34 " 79 " 

6 N. 11 " 

68 " 11 " 

78 "100 " 
15S.150 " 

20 "155 " 

69 " 90 W. 
25 "130 " 



LENGTH OF RIVERS. 



The learner will memorize the length of rivers by connecting the indicating word with 
the names of the rivers in a sentence. 

Example.— On the banks of the Mississippi there are some beautiful *Roads, 4100. 
On the shores of the Missouri can be seen flocks of Snipes, 2900. 

NORTH AMERICA. 



1 Mississippi, 


*Roads, 4100 


5 Arkansas, 


Noses, 2000 


2 Missouri, 


Snipes, 2900 


6 Rio Grande, 


Doves, 1800 


3 Mackenzie, 


Nails, 2500 


7 Columbia, 


Atlas, 1500 


4 St. Lawrence, 


Nuns, 2200 


8 Red, 


Atlas, 1500 



* To each of the translations add one cypher. Example, Roads, 4100-0. 



52 



MEMORIA TECHNICA. 



9 Ohio, 

10 Saskatchawan, 

11 Platte, 

12 Lewis, 

13 Kanzas, 

14 Yellowstone, 

15 Canadian, 

16 Churchill, 

17 Tennessee, 

18 Peace, 

19 Colorado, 

20 Frazers, 

21 Utawas, 

22 Clarks, 

23 Semerone, 

24 Brazos, 

25 Cumberland, 

26 Big Horn, 

27 White, 

28 Alabama, 

29 Liards, 

30 Albany, 

31 Koksah, 

32 East Main, 

33 Red, 

34 Gila, 

35 Susquehanna, 

36 Potomac, 

37 Illinois, 

38 Wabash, 

39 Nesuketonga, 

40 Washita, 

41 James, 

42 Roanoke, 

43 Savannah, 

44 Tombigbee, 

45 St. John's, N. B. 

46 Connecticut, 

47 Great Pedee, 



Teams, 1300 

Tones, 1200 

Tones, 1200 

Tones, 1200 

Dates, 1100 

Diseases, 1000 

Diseases, 1000 

Peas, 900 

Peas, 900 

Waves, 800 

Waves, 800 

Chase, 600 

Chase, 600 

Chase, 600 

Chase, 600 

Chase, 600 

Chase, 600 

Chase, 600 

Chase, 600 

Chase, 600 

Loss, 500 

Loss, 500 

Loss, 500 

Loss, 500 

Loss, 500 

Loss, 500 

Loss, 500 

Loss, 500 

Loss, 500 

Loss, 500 

Loss, 500 

Loss, 500 

Loss, 500 

Loss, 500 

Loss, 500 

Loss, 500 

Roll, 450 

Roll, 450 

Roll, 450 



48 Des Moines, 

49 Osage, 

50 Garnet, 

51 Great Whale, 

52 Saguenay, 

53 Grande, 

54 Delaware, 

55 Wisconsin, 

56 Kanawha, 

57 Altamaha, 

58 Yazoo, 

59 James, I. T., 

60 St. Francis, 

61 Wapticacoos, 

62 Nelson, 

63 Nueces, . 

64 Penobscot, 

65 Hudson, 

66 Alleghany, 

67 Cape Fear, 

68 Pearl, 

69 Iowa, 

70 Severn, 

71 Hay, 

72 St. Peter's, 

73 Kennebec, 

74 Monongahela, 

75 Rock, 

76 Kaskaskia, 

77 Green, 

78 Licking, 

79 Neuse, 

80 Big Black, 

81 St. John's, Fa., 

82 Little Missouri, 

83 Teton, 

84 Merrimac, 

85 Tar, 

86 White, 



SOUTH AMERICA. 



1 Amazon, 

2 Rio de la Plata, 

3 Madeira, 

4 Parana, 

5 Oronoco, 

6 Zingu, 

7 St. Francisco, 

8 Rio Negro, 

9 Ucayale, 

10 Para, 

1 1 Mamore, 



Matches, 3600 

Union or law, 2250 

No news, 2200 

Debase, 1900 

Atlas, 1500 

Times, 1300 

Times, 1300 

Eye witness, 1200 

Eye witness, 1200 

Eye witness, 1200 

Eye witness, 1200 



12 Caqueta, 

13 Tapajos, 

14 Tocantins, 

15 Araguay, 

1 6 Pilcomayo, 

17 Vermajo, 

18 Colorado, 

19 Magdalena, 

20 Tunguragua, 

21 Puras, 

22 Uaupes, 



Roll, 450 

Roll, 450 

Roll, 450 

Rose, 400 

Rose, 400 

Rose, 400 

Rose, 400 

Rose, 400 

Rose, 400 

Rose, 400 

Rose, 400 

Rose, 400 

Rose, 400 

Rose, 400 

Mail, 350 

Mail, 350 

Mail, 350 

Pvlail, 350 

Mail, 350 

Mail, 350 

Mail, 350 

Mail, 350 

Mouse, 300 

Mouse, 300 

Mouse, 300 

Mouse, 300 

Mouse, 300 

Mouse, 300 

Mouse, 300 

Mouse, 300 

Mouse, 300 

Mouse, 300 

Mouse, 300 

Nail, 250 

Nail, 250 

Nail, 250 

Nose, 200 

Nose, 200 

Nose, 200 



Dates, 1100 

Dates, 1100 

Dates, 1100 

Dates, 1100 

Dates, 1100 

Diseases, 1000 

Diseases, 1000 

Base, 900 

Base, 900 

Base, 900 

Face, 800 





GEOGRAPHY. 


53 


23 Puturnayo, 


Face, 


800 


32 


Guaviare, 


Chaise, 600 


24 Jurua, 


Face, 


800 


33 


Arauca, 


Loss, 500 


25 Parnaiba, 


Face, 


800 


34 


Huallaga, 


Loss, 500 


26 Salado, 


Face, 


800 


35 


Gurapy, 


Loss, 500 


27 Uraguay, 


Face, 


800 


36 


Guapore, 


Loss, 500 


28 Jutay, 


Keys, 


700 


37 


Paraiba, 


Rill, 450 


29 Rio Negro, 


Keys, 


700 


38 


Negro, 


Rice, 400 


30 Cauca, 


Chaise, 


600 


39 


Saladillo, 


Rice, 400 


31 Meta, 


Chaise, 


600 


40 


Maroni, 


Mile, 350 






EUROPE. 




1 Volga, 


Noses, 


2000 


25 


Po, 


Race, 400 


2 Danube, 


Duchess, 


1600 


26 


Drave, 


Race, 400 


3 Don, 


Diocese, 


1000 


27 


Save, 


Race, 400 


4 Dnieper, 


Diocese, 


1000 


28 


Onega, 


Maize, 300 


5 Rhine, 


Voice, 


800 


29 


Dahl, 


Maize, 300 


6 Dwina, 


Goose, 


700 


30 


Bug, 


Maize, 300 


7 Petcbora, 


Shoes, 


600 


31 


Wartha, 


Maize, 300 


8 Elbe, 


Shoes, 


600 


32 


Weser, 


Maize, 300 


9 Vistula, 


Lily, 


550 


33 


Seine, 


Maize, 300 


10 Tagus, 


Lily, 


550 


34 


Garonne, 


Maize, 300 


11 Dniester, 


Loss, 


500 


<JO 


Guadalquiver, 


Maize, 300 


12 Loire, 


Loss, 


500 


36 


Umea, 


Nail, 250 


13 Viatka, 


Roll, 


450 


37 


Tornea, 


Nail, 250 


14 Prypetz, 


Roll, 


450 


38 


Kalix, 


Nail, 250 


15 Donetz, 


Roll, 


450 


39 


Glommen, 


Nail, 250 


16 Odruth, 


Roll, 


450 


40 


Clara, 


Nail, 250 


17 Douro, 


Roll, 


450 


41 


Lulea, 


Nice, 200 


18 Rhone, 


Roll, 


450 


42 


Skelleftea, 


Nice, 200 


19 Thesis, 


Roll, 


450 


43 


Luisna, 


Nice, 200 


20 Mezene, 


Horse, 


400 


44 


Ems, 


*Thickly, 175 


21 Desna, 


Horse, 


400 


45 


Indal, 


Dole, 150 


22 Bog, 


Horse, 


400 


46 


Minbo, 


Dole, 150 


23 Pruth, 


Horse, 


400 


47 


Tiber, 


Dole, 150 


24 Gaudiana, 


Horse, 


400 

AS 


IA. 






1 Yang-tse-kiang, 


Novice, 


2800 


13 


Burrampooter, 


Toils, 1500 


2 Lena, 


Natchez, 


2600 


14 


Euphrates, 


Trees, 1400 


3 Obi, 


Sinless, 


2500 


15 


Amoo, 


Disease, 1000 


4 Hoang Ho, 


Sinless, 


2500 


16 


Songari, 


Disease, 1000 


5 Yensei, 


Names, 


2300 


17 


Indighirca, 


Bass, 900 


6 Amoor, 


No noise, 


2200 


18 


Sutlege, 


Bass, 900 


7 Irtish, 


Noises, 


2000 


19 


Salwen, 


Bass, 900 


8 Cambodia, 


Noises, 


2000 


20 


Ishim, 


Face, 800 


9 Indus, 


Tax, 


1700 


21 


Tigris, 


Face, 800 


10 Irrawaddy, 


Tax, 


1700 


22 


Nerbuddah, 


Face, 800 


11 Ganges, 


Ditches, 


1600 


23 


Meinam, 


Face, 800 


12 Tungooska, 


Toils, 


1500 


24 


Tobol, 


Geese, 700 



# An exception to the rule, — no cypher to be added. 



54 



MEMORIA TECHNICA. 



25 Sihon, 

26 Cashgar, 

27 Hoang-kiang, 

28 Kolima, 

29 Helmund, 



Geese, 700 
Geese, 700 
Geese, 700 
Shoes, 600 
Shoes, 600 



30 Godavery, 

31 Usuri, 

32 Krishna, 

33 Mahanuddy, 

34 Attruck, 



Shoes, 600 

Loss, 500 

Loss, 500 

Rail, 450 

Muse, 300 



AFRICA. 



1 Nile, 

2 Niger, 

3 Senegal, 

4 Orange, 

5 Abawi, 



Knives, 2800 

Knives, 2800 

Tones, 1200 

Disease, 1000 

Voice, 800 



6 Gambia, 

7 Taccazze, 

8 Ambriz, 

9 St. Paul's, 



Goose, 700 

Choice, 600 

Choice, 600 

Mass, 300 



OCEANICA. 



Disease, 1000 



2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 

10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 



ALTITUDE OF MOUNTAINS, 
AND OTHER ELEVATIONS ON THE GLOBE. 



On the heights of Chumularee, (highest in the world,) Thibet, one can 

take a Nap like an easy Swiss, 

Sorato, highest in America — Bolivia. Nail up the muffs, 

Highest flight of a balloon — France. Names in an ice-house, 

Chimborazo — Equador. 
Highest flight of a condor — South America. 
Hindoo Koosh — AfFghanistan. 
Highest spot ever trod by man — Equador. 
Cotopaxi, highest volcano — Equador. 
St. Elias, highest mountain in North America. 
Popocatapetl, highest in Mexico. 
Mouna Poa, highest in Oceanica — Hawaii. 
Brown, highest of Rocky Mountains — N. America. 
Mt. Blanc, highest in Europe — Italy. 
Limit of perpetual snow at the equator. 
Volcano, Guatemala. 
Antisana farm-house — Equador. 



Neat to a rare hero. 

Wants of a Swiss, 

Anise in cheeses, 

Deep recess, 

Tough foe beat, 

Dig the basis, 

Talk to excess, 

Talk of losses, 

Audacious Swiss, 

Dull shovel, 

Dull noises, 

Tales of the Swiss, 

Dear to the masses, 

Demavend, highest of Elburz mountains — Persia. Dairy houses in use, 



Mt. Ophir — Sumatra. 

Limit of pines under the equator. 

City of La Paz — Bolivia. 

Mt. Ararat — Armenia. 

Miltsin, highest of Atlas mountains — Morocco. 

Peak of TenerhTe — Canaries. 

24 Mulhacen, highest of Sierra Nivada — Spain. 

25 Mt. Perdu, highest of Pyrenees — France. 

26 Mt. ^Etna, Volcano— Sicily. 

27 Limit of oaks under the equator. 



Tame faces, 

Tawny faces, 

Tiny coaches, 

Done to excess, 

Deny the lasses, 

Tone of a tick watch, 

Taught vices, 

Detain in jail, 

Ideas of a palace, 

Does less in a house, 



Feet, above 
the level 
of the sea. 

29,000 
25,380 
23,000 
21,444 
21,000 
20,600 
19,400 
18,891 
17,900 
17,700 
17,500 
16,000 
15,685 
15,200 
15,000 
14,300 
14,000 
13,800 
12,800 
12,760 
12,700 
12,500 
12,176 
11,800 
11,265 
10,950 
10,500 



GEOGRAPHY. 



55 



28 Mt. Lebanon — Syria. 

29 Ruska Poyana, highest of Carpathian — Austria. 

30 City of Quito — Equador. 

31 St. Bernard convent — Switzerland. 

32 Pendus, highest in Greece. 

33 City of Mexico — Mexico. 

34 Black Mountain, highest of Blue Ridge — N. Carolina. 

35 Mt. Washington, highest of White mountains — N. Hamp 

36 Mt. Marcy, in New York. 

37 Mt. Hecla, highest in Iceland. 

38 Ben Nevis, highest in Great Britain — Scotland. 

39 Mansfield, highest of the Green Mountains. 

40 Peaks of Otter — Virginia. 

41 Mt. Vesuvius, Volcano — Naples. 

42 Round Top, of Catskill Mountains — New York. 

43 Snowdon, highest in South Britain — Wales. 

44 Pyramids, highest work of man — Egypt. 

45 Mt. Corno, highest of Appenines, Naples. 

46 Snehatta, highest of Dofrafield, Sweden. 

47 Mt. Sinai — Arabia. 



Daisies of a size, 10,000 

Pipe of tin, 9,912 

Boyish mess, 9,630 

Face move, 8,038 

Coyish quack, 7,677 

Queer goose, 7,470 

Chair of a coach, 6,476 

Share of envy, 6,428 

Low muses, 5,300 

Rough fife, 4,888 

Room in a cab, 4,379 

Run in a cab, 4,279 

Ruin of ages, 4,260 

Map of the moon, 3,932 

Miffy sire, 3,804 

Meal and chaff, 3,568 

Whole pipe, 599 

Pale nut, 9,521 

Fine houses, 8,200 

Fit to shave, 8,168 



EXTENT OF COUNTRIES IN SQUARE MILES. 



NORTH AMERICA. 

Russian America, have met with Losses,* 500,000 

Greenland, Furs, 840,000 

British America, Snow and mighty ice, 2,310,000 

United States, Notch in a new house, 2,620,000 

Mexico and Yucatan, Tame vice, 1,380,000 

Guatimala, Noses, 200,000 

West Indies, Disease, 100,000 



Gap in the lace, Total, 7,950,000 



SOUTH AMERICA. 



New Grenada, Release, > 

Venezuela, Ruins,- • 

Equador, Novice, 



450,000 
420,000 
280,000 



* To each Translation, add three ciphers. Thus : Losses— 500-000. 



56 



MEMORIA TECHNICA. 



Guiana, 

Peru, 

Bolivia, 

Chili, 

Brazil, 

Buenos Ayres,' 
Paraguay, ■"*'•- 

Uraguay, 

Patagonia, 



Duchess, 
Armies, • 
Release,- 

Tax, 

Mumps, • 
Glass, • • • 

Fife, 

Pony, • • • 
Mix, 



160,000 

430,000 

450,000 

170,000 

3,390,000 

750,000 

88,000 

92,000 

370,000 



To be Causeless, Total, 7,050,000 



EUROPE. 



Sweden and Norway, Winnipeg, 

Russia and Poland, Duck with a lily, 

Denmark, Union, 

Holland, Tide, 

Belgium, Dome, 

Great Britain and Ireland, • • • Dainty, 

France, No sale, 

Spain, Defame, 

Portugal, Mob, 



Prussia, 

Austria, 

Smaller German States, 

Switzerland, 

Italy, 

Ionian Islands, 

Greece, 

Turkey, 



Desk, 

New help, 
Dozen, • • • 

Tell, 

Athenian, 
Day, 

Indies, • • • 
Nosegay, • • 



297,000 

1,755,000 

22,000 

11,000 

13,000 

121,000 

205,000 

183,000 

39,000 

107,000 

259,000 

102,000 

15,000 

122,000 

1,000 

210,000 

207,000 



Homage of a fop, 



Total, 3,689,000 



ASIA. 
Asiatic Russia, Whole masses, 

Independent Tartary, Gipsy, 

Turkey, Muck house, 

Syria and Palestine, Jewess, 

Arabia, 

Persia, 

Affghanistan, 

Beloochistan, 

Hindoostan, 

Eastern or Chin India, 

Chinese Empire, 

Japan, 



Papacy, 
Rocks, — 

Mercy, 

Noses, — 
Dunces, • • • 
Happiness, 

Alliances, 5,200,000 

Natchez, 260,000 



5,300,000 
690,000 
370,000 
60,000 
990,000 
470,000 
340,000 
200,000 

1,200,000 
920,000 



Dutch icehouses, 



Total, 16,000,000 



GEOGRAPHY. 57 



AFRICA. 



Barbary, Lakes, 570,000 

Egypt, Device, 180,000 

Nubia, Immense, 320,000 

Abyssinia, Novice, 280,000 

Great Desert, Notch of an icehouse, 2,600,000 

Soudan, Dunces, 1,200,000 

Bergoo, Darfor, &c., Low heroes, 540,000 

Senegambia, Homeless, 350,000 

Upper Guinea, Novice, 280,000 

Lower Guinea, Notch of ice, 260,000 

Southern Africa, Refuse, 480,000 

Eastern Africa, Cheeses, 600,000 

Ethiopia, Mighty mass, 3,130,000 

African Islands, « New dice, 210,000 



Die of diseases, Total, 11,000,000 



DIRECTIONS TO THE LEARNER. 

As, in the preceding Sections, all the indicating phrases relating to one State, on the 
following page, should be joined to the name of the State, by constructing a sentence. 

EXAMPLES. 

In Maine were many roses found in a Dutch mass, where they continued still 

to talk. 

In New Hampshire they were made to weep over losses, not about a Dutch 
name, unless a hero. 



To avoid mistake in assigning the right number of figures to the members which each 
State sends to Congress, the symbol which corresponds to the number should be located 
in those States which send more than can be expressed by one figure. 



EXAMPLES. 



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GEOGRAPHY. 59 

QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 

LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE. 

What is the Lat. and Long, of the most northern place given in this book, on the 
Western Hemisphere ? on the Eastern ? 

What is the Lat. and Long, of the most Southern places on both Hemispheres ? 

What is the Lat. and Long, of the places farthest East and farthest West on both 
hemispheres ? 

What cities are nearest the Equator in North Latitude on both hemispheres ? 

What city on the Western Hemisphere has no latitude, and why ? 

What city has no longitude on the Eastern Hemisphere, and why ? 

What cities on the Eastern Hemisphere are in West Long. ? 

To what countries do they belong ? 

Are there any cities in South Lat. on the Eastern Hemisphere ? 

The learner will see the necessity of consulting an Atlas, that he may see the locality 
and relative position of all the objects, about which he may learn the numbers belonging 
to them ; whether it be the Lat. and Long, of places or the length of rivers, height of 
mountains, or the square miles of States. 

LENGTH OF RIVERS. 

Which is the longest river in North America ? In South America ? Europe ? Asia ? 
Africa ? Oceanica ? 

On which continent are the largest rivers? 
Which is the largest river in the world ? 

ALTITUDE OF MOUNTAINS. 

Which is the highest mountain in North America ? In South America ? Europe ? 
Asia ? Africa ? Oceanica ? 
Which is the highest volcano ? 

SQUARE MILES OF COUNTRIES. 

Which is the largest country in North America ? The next largest ? The smallest ? 
Repeat these questions on South America, Europe, Asia, Africa. 

SQUARE MILES OF THE UNITED STATES.* 

Which is the largest of the States ? The next largest ? The smallest ? 

In which state was the first settlement made ? and at what time ? At what place ? 

Ans. St. Augustine. — Which was the next ? Which was the last ? 

Which State sends the greatest number of Representatives to the State Legislature ? 

Which State sends the greatest number to Congress ? 

What State sends only one ? 

How many Senators does each State send to Congress ? t 

To how many electors is each State entitled ? 

How often are they chosen ? — Ans. Every fourth year. 

How many Representatives to Congress does Rhode Island send ? 

How may Senators ? and to how many electors is it entitled ? 

* These figures accord with an edition of Mitchell's Geography. 



ASTRONOMY 



Of all the sciences with which we are acquainted, there is no one which has drawn 
more largely on the imagination than Astronomy. When our attention is directed to 
the heavens, for the purpose of taking an outline of the constellations, we find ourselves 
continually assisted in our wanderings through the wide expanse of " celestial scenery," 
by the symbols with which the fruitful imagination of the ancients covered the great 
dome above us. 

Do we not find relief in this " devious maze," in tracing out Gemini, as denoted by 
the Twins ; Ursa Minor, by the Little Bear ; and Ursa Major, by the Great Bear ? 

" For the sake of convenient reference, the heavens were early divided into constella- 
tions, and particular names assigned to the constellations, and to the stars which they 
contain. A constellation may be defined to be a cluster or group of stars, embraced in 
the outline of some figure. These figures are in many cases creations of the imagination, 
but in others the stars are in reality so arranged as to form figures which have some re- 
semblance to the objects whose names have been assigned to them. 

" These divisions of the celestial sphere bear a striking analogy to the civil divisions 
of the globe. The constellations answer to states and kindoms ; the most brilliant clus- 
ters, to towns and cities ; and the number of stars in each, to their respective population. 
The pupil can trace the boundaries of any constellation, and name all its stars, one by 
one, as readily as he can trace the boundaries of a state, or name the towns and cities 
from a map of New England." — Geography of the Heavens. 

THE PLANETS, 

With their Distances from the Sun, in English Miles* 

1 Mercury, Match, 36,000,000 

2 Venus, Jug, 67,000,000 

3 Earth, Poem can show, 93,726,000 

4 Moon, Numb bee, (from the Earth,) 239,000 

5 Mars, Drone, 142,000,000 

6 Vesta, New noun, 222,000,000 

7 Juno, New robe, 249,000,000 

8 Ceres, Wan lip, 259,000,000 

9 Pallas, Honeyless, 250,000,000 

10 Jupiter, Revoke, 487,000,000 

11 Saturn, -Fibre, 894,000,000 

12 Uranus, Thick beak, 1,797,000,000 

When the foregoing indicating words are translated into figures, add six cyphers. 
Example : — Match = 36,000,000. Exception : — The Earth and Moon, where only 
three cyphers are to be added. 

^jgf It will be seen that this system is capable of a much more extended application 
to Astronomy. Those who wish to see a very ingenious adaptation of mnemonic rules 
to almost every conceivable number relating to all the planets of the Solar system, will 
find it in Gouraud's Phreno-Mnemotechnic Lectures on Memory, to which work we are 
indebted for many useful hints. 



ASTRONOMY. 



61 



NINETY-SIX CONSTELLATIONS, 

With the Number of Stars belonging to each^ and the Months ivhen they appear. 



JANUARY. 






34 Corvus, the Crow, Pea, 


9 


1 Eridanus, the River Po, 

2 Reticulus, Net, 

3 Taurus, the Bull, 

4 Brandenburg, 


Pear, 
Dice, 
Dart, 
Yam, 


84 

10 

141 

3 


35 Southern Fly, Hall, 

36 Cor Caroli, Hymn, 

37 Virgo, the Virgin, Dates, 

38 Asterion et Chara, the Greyhounds, 

Snail, 

39 Centaurus, the Centaur, Mill, 


5 
3 

110 

25 
35 


5 Praxiteles, 

6 Camelopard, 


Dish, 
Wolf, 


16 

58 


7 Auriga, the Charioteer, 


Judge, 


66 


JUNE. 




8 Sword Fish, 


Show, 


6 




9 Mons Mensae, Mount of Table Bay, 




40 Bootes, Lyre, 


54 




Mice, 


30 


41 Compasses, Harrow, 


4 


10 Lepus, the Hare, 


Dupe, 


19 


42 Mons Maenalus, Tide, 


11 


11 Orion, 


Calf, 


78 


43 Libra, the Scales, Lady, 


51 


12 Painters Horse, 


Foe, 


8 


44 Lupus, the Wolf, Snare, 


24 


13 Noah's Dove, 


Dose, 


10 


JULY. 




FEBRUARY 


• 




45 Corona Borealis, Northern Crown, 




14 Canis Major, Great Bog, 


Maid, 


31 


Nut, 


21 


15 Monoceros, the Unicorn, 


Maid, 


31 


46 Ursa Minor, Little Bear, Sneer, 


24 


16 Gemini, the Twins, 


Hovel, 


85 


47 The Serpent, Shore, 


64 


17 The Lynx, Warrior, 


44 


48 S. Triangle, Owl, 


5 


18 Argo NaviSj Ship Argo, 


Cherry, 


64 


49 Euclid's Square, Tone, 

50 Scorpio, the Scorpion, Aurora, 


12 

44 


MARCH. 






51 Bird of Paradise, Tooth, 

52 Ara, the Altar, Bee, 


11 

9 


19 Canis Minor, Little Bog, 


Adder, 


14 


53 Hercules, Day time, 


113 


20 Flying Fish, 


Hive, 


8 


54 Serpentarius, Crow, 


74 


21 Cancer, the Crab, 


Fame, 


83 






22 Mariner's Compass, 


Hero, 


4 


AUGUST. 




23 Hydra, Water Serpent, 


Chaise, 


60 


55 Draco, the Bragon, Office, 


80 


APRIL. 






5Q Cerberus. 

57 Scutum Sobieski, Sobieski's Shield. 




24 Sextant, 


Road, 


41 


58 Taurus Poniatowski, Poniatow- 




25 Leo Minor, Little Lion, 


Limb, 


53 


shi's Bull, Dish, 


16 


26 Leo Major, Great Lion, 


Blow, 


95 


59 Corona Australis, the Southern 




27 Air Pump, 


Home. 


3 


Crown, Dawn, 


12 


28 Ursa Major, Great Bear, 


Fog, 


87 


60 Telescopium, the Telescope, Boy, 


9 


29 Robur Carroli, 


Tune, 


12 


61 Lyra, the Harp, Hindoo, 


21 


30 Crater, the Cup, Meadow, 


31 


62 Sagittarius, the Archer, Ship, 


69 








63 Antinous, Gem, 


63 


MAY. 










31 Cameleon, 


Dice, 


10 


SEPTEMBER. 




32 The Cross, 


Oil, 


5 


64 Sagitta, the Arrow, Thief, 


18 


33 Coma Berenices, Berenice's hair, 




Go Aquila, the Eagle, Act, 


71 




Rum, 


43 


QQ Fox and Goose, Mail, 


35 



62 



MEMORIA TECHNICA. 



67 The Peacock, 

68 Delphinus, the Dolphin, 

69 Cygnus, the Swan, 

70 Capricornus, the Goat, 

71 Hadley's Quadrant, 

72 Microscopium, 

73 The Indian, 

74 Equuleus, Little Horse, 



Tray, 14 

Thief, 18 

Food, 81 

Lute, 51 

Ram, 43 

Dose, 10 

Tune, 12 

Dice, 10 



OCTOBER. 



75 The Crane, 



Time, 



76 Aquarius, the Water Bearer, "Wife, 

77 Southern Fish, Snare, 

78 The Lizard, Thatch, 

79 Cepheus, Mail, 

80 Pegasus, Fop, 



13 

108 
24 
16 
35 
89 



NOVEMBER. 

81 American Goose, 



Tub, 19 



82 Officina Sculptoria, 

83 Pisces, the Fishes, 

84 Phoenix, 

85 Cassiopeia, 

86 Andromeda, 



Tune, 12 

Diadem, 113 

Dame, 13 

Lily, 55 
Judge, 6Q 



DECEMBER. 

87 Cetus, the Whale, Epic, 97 

88 Triangulum, the Triangle, Ditch, 16 

89 Hydrus, the Water Snake, Days, 10 

90 Aries the Ham, Showish, 66 

91 Triangulum Minor, Little Triangle, 

Hall, 5 

92 Horologium, the Pendulum, Tin, 12 

93 Musca, Hero, 4 

94 Chemical Furnace, Water, 14 

95 Caput Medusas, Medusa's Head. 

96 Perseus, Lip, 59 



Number of principal Stars observed in the Zodiac Constellations, 

Detain in the law, 1125 



Number of principal Stars in the Northern Constellations, 
Number of principal Stars in the Southern Constellations, 
Number of principal Stars observed by the Ancients, 
Number of principal Stars observed by the Moderns, 
Number of Constellations known to the Ancients, 
New Constellations, made by the Moderns, 
Total number of Constellations actually known, 



Tall maid, 1531 

Dies with zeal, 1050 

Tidy Swiss, 1100 

Make a sack, 3707 

Ripe, 49 

Rear, 44 

Beach, 96 



BIOGRAPHY. 



The proper study of mankind is man." — Pope. 



Note. ■ — The indicating phrase should first be articulated, and then translated into 
figures, assigning the two right hand figures to the age. The figures to the left give the 
year in which the person died. 

DEATHS AND AGES OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION 

OF INDEPENDENCE. 

NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



1 

2 
3 


Josiah Bartlett did not 
William Whipple, 
Matthew Thornton, 


Die upon a cable cage. 

Deck the veil with a lily. 

Tough sum for a fop, 

MASSACHUSETTS. 


1795 

1785 
1803 


76 
55 
89 


4 
5 
6 

7 
8 


John Hancock, first who 
Samuel Adams, 
John Adams, 
Robert Treat Paine, 
Elbridge Gerry, 


signed, Thick beam in a ledge. 

Tough sum to foot, 

Defy no age for a poet, 

Devoter to fame, 

Devoter to the whigs, 

EHODE ISLAND. 


1793 

1803 
1826 
1814 
1814 


56 
81 
91 

83 
70 


9 
10 


Stephen Hopkins, 
William Ellery, 


Thick veil on the cave, 
Advance on the game 

CONNECTICUT. 


1785 
1820 


78 
73 


11 
12 
13 
14 


Roger Sherman, 
Samuel Huntington, 
William Williams, 
Oliver Wolcott, 


Thick beam for a cane, 

Cabbage in a chair, 

Devoted to his foes, 

Took a book and an axe, 


1793 

1796 
1811 
1797 


72 
64 
80 
70 


15 
16 
17 
18 


William Floyd, 
Philip Livingston, 
Francis Lewis, 
Lewis Morris, 


NEW YOKE. 

Fond o/«fig, 

Took coffee in June, 

Tough sum for a fop, 

Take a bone for a cane, 

NEW JERSEY. 


1821 
1778 
1803 
1792 


87 
62 
89 
72 


19 
20 
21 
22 
23 


Richard Stockton, 
John Witherspoon, 
Francis Hopkinson, 
John Hart, 
Abraham Clark, 


Take to the fight, alas ! 
Took a poor gun, 
Coped with a lion, 

Take the foes in a gale, 
Keeper of a chief, 


1781 
1794 
1721 

1780 
1794 


50 
72 
52 
75 
68 



64 



24 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
31 
32 



Robert Morris, 
Benjamin Rush, 
Benjamin Franklin, 
John Morton, 
George Clymer, 
James Smith, 
George Taylor, 
James Wilson, 
George Ross, 



MEMORIA TECHNICA. 
PENNSYLVANIA. 



Tough siege to join, 1806 62 

Tough time /or a chief, 1813 68 

Copious fire, 1790 84 

Thick cake of lime, 1777 53 

Fathom the core, 1813 74 

Tough siege for a game, 1806 73 

Gift in July, 1781 65 

Thick puff at a lily, 1798 55 

Thick paper for pay, 1799 49 



DELAWARE. 



33 Caesar Rodney, 

34 George Reed, 

35 Thomas McKean, 



36 Samuel Chase, 

37 Thomas Stone, 

38 Charles Carroll, 



39 George Wythe, 

40 Richard Henry Lee, 

41 Thomas Jefferson, 

42 Benjamin Harrison, 

43 Thomas Nelson, Jr., 

44 Francis Lightfoot Lee, 

45 Carter Braxton, 



Thick fumy lime, 

Thick beef on shore, 
Tough thick fan. 



MARYLAND. 

Tough and tidy goose, 

Thick fog rare, 

Foeman to a bully, 

VIRGINIA. 

Tough siege with a cough, 

Tall bear chain, 

Defy a new age for fame, 

Teacups, 

Thick foam of lime, 

Coffin on the roof, 

Thick pack of shot, 



1783 53 

1798 64 
1817 82 



1811 70 
1787 44 
1832 95 



1806 78 

1594 62 

1826 83 
1790 

1783 53 

1782 48 

1797 61 



46 
47 

48 



William Hooper, 
Joseph Hewes, 
John Penn, 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



Thick bees on a roof, 1790 48 

Kickapoo of Arabia, 1779 49 

Thick fife for a rake, 1788 47 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 



49 Edward Rutledge, 

50 Thomas Hayward, Jr., 

51 Thomas Lynch, lost at sea, 

52 Arthur Middleton. 



53 Button Gwinnett, shot in a duel, 

54 Lyman Hall, 

55 George Walton, 



Vices in the light, 
Deface a boy in a sham, 
Thick cup on a mouse, 

Thick fog is rare, 



GEORGIA. 



Thick cock on a rail, 

Copious ship, 

Officer on shore, 



1800 51 

1809 63 

1779 30 

1787 44 



1777 45 
1790 69 
1804 64 



BIOGRAPHY. 65 

DEATHS AND AGES OF PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

1 George Washington died at Mt. Vernon, 14th day of December, 

Take the pope by a shock, 1799 67 

2 John Adams died at Quincy, 4th July, Defy no age for a poet, 1826 91 

3 Thomas Jefferson died on the 4th of July, Defy no age for fame, 1826 83 

4 James Madison died on the 28th of June, Defame the age by a voyage, 1836 86 

5 James Monroe died in New York city, 4th of July, Defamed the game, 1831 73 

6 William Henry Harrison, 9th President, died at Washington, on the 4th of 

April, Feared a showy foe, 1841 68 

7 Andrew Jackson 7th President, died at Nashville, Tenn., June 8th, 

Having finished his destiny on earth, was ready to 

die without fear to look at a foe, 1845 78 

DEATHS AND AGES OF MEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY. 

1 Gen. John Stark died at Manchester, N. H, 8th of May, 

Tough iran and a bear, 1822 94 

2 David Brainard, Missionary to the Indians, died at Northampton, Mass. 

9th of Oct. Thick rock for a nap, 1747 29 

3 Robert Fulton died at New York on the 24th of February, Fatal loss, 1815 50 

4 William Pinkney died at Washington on the 25th of February, 

Define a new life, 1822 58 

5 Capt. John Smith (whose life was saved by Pocahontas,) died in London, 

Dashy and mighty lad, 1631 51 

6 Gen. Anthony Wayne died at a military post on the shores of Lake Erie, 

Thick beach was laid, 1796 51 

7 Gen. Richard Montgomery fell at Quebec on the 31st of December. 

Thick gale a mile, 1775 35 

8 Gen. Joseph Warren fell at the battle of Bunker Hill, 17th June, 

Dug to kill the mob, 1775 39 

9 Gen. Israel Putnam died the 19th of May, Thick as bees with a cane, 1790 72 

10 Gen. Lafayette died in France, Defamer nor gag, 1834 77 

11 Gen. Francis Marion, Take a pledge at home, 1795 63 

12 Roger Williams, Chief mover, 1683 84 

13 William Penn, Active crew, 1718 74 

14 Commodore Perry died in the West Indies, Fancy mill, 1820 35 

15 James Otis a popular orator, killed by lightning, Quicken the work, 1772 47 

16 John Jay, (Chief Justice,) Fine behavior, 1829 84 

17 Dr. Edward A. Holyoke, Fine and apt host, 1829 101 

18 Alexander Hamilton, Officer at work, 1804 47 

19 Gen. Nathaniel Greene, Gave the alarm, 1785 43 

20 Stephen Girard died in Philadelphia, worth from 12 to $15,000,000, 

Tough man on a voyage, 1832 86 

21 Rev. Jonathan Edwards, Equally filial, 1758 55 

22 Daniel Boon, Tough nun without fear, 1822 84 

23 Tecumseh, a brave Indian warrior, Tough to die in a merry May, 1813 43 

24 Rev. William E. Charming, Diver for the nation, 1842 62 

25 Joseph Story, an eminent Jurist, Defy a royal judge, 1845 66 

26 Rev. Charles T. Torrey died in the Maryland Penitentiary, to which he 

had been condemned for assisting slaves who were fleeing from their 
masters, — and aiding them to diverge from a mummy, 1846 33 

9 



66 . MKMOBIA TECHN1CA. 

DEATHS AND AGES OF CELEBRATED MEN OF DIFFERENT AGES 

OF THE WORLD. 

Addison, Joseph. Essayist, Eng. engaged to take type for work, 

Araiinius, James. Divine, Hoi. Ditch on the suburb, 

Alexander the Great. Meaner man, 

Bacon, Francis. Great philosopher, Eng. Dish/or a new Judge or a Jew, 

Barrows, Isaac. Learned divine, Eng. Dutch cab from Europe, 

Beethoven. Music composer, Ger. *Fine oak log, 

Blackstone, Sir Wm. Eminent lawyer, Eng. Thick voice on the lake, 

Bolingbroke, Lord. Political writer, Eng. Take the lead in a game, 

Bolivar, Simon. South American hero. Tough mass on a rock, 

Bossuet. Great pulpit orator, Fr. Idolizing of a quack, 

Bozzaris, Marco. Warrior, Mod. Greek. *Venom to the army, 

Brahe, Tycho. Celebrated astronomer, Swede. * Chaste as a lily, 

Brindley, James. Eminent engineer, Eng. Thick cane on a ledge, 

Bruce, Robert. Scot. Headman of a ball alley, 

Buchanan, Geo. Historian, Scot. Daily foes with care, 

Buffon, George. Eminent naturalist, Fr. *Cough at fifty, 

Burke, Edm. Great orator and statesman, Irish. *Gay buck for a joke, 

Burns, Robert. Poet, Scot. Thick book and mug, 

Byron, Lord. Poet, Eng. *Finer image, 

Calvin, John. Divine, Fr. Theology a hero yet lowly, 

Campbell, Thomas. Poet, Eng. Tough rare joke, 

Canova, Antonio. Sculptor, It. Divine Angelo, 

Cartwright, Edmund. Eng. Tough enemy to vice, 

Chaucer, Geoffrey. Father of English poetry. Terraces with a cane, 

Clarke, Dr. Adam. Commentator, Eng. *Vain nation, 

Columbus. It. Tall sage guide, 

Coke, Edward. Lawyer, Eng. Dutchman for a vote, 

Copernicus. Great astronomer, Prus. Toil, roam, and gaze, 

Cook, James. Eminent navigator, Eng. Cook for palate, 

Cortez, Fernando. Spain. Tall hero on a cushion, 

Cowper, William. Poet, Eng. *V:Lces in a ship, 

Cranmer, Thomas. Divine, Eng. Tall ledge of chalk, 

Cromwell, Oliver. Eng. Dashy life from a low boy, 

Cuvier. Eminent zoologist, Fr. Tough man for a jamb, 

Dante. Italian poet. Demand a lodge, 

Davy, Sir H. Chemist, Eng. Divine pilot, 

De L'Epee, Abbe. First taught Deaf and Dumb, Fr. Take fop into a gig, 

Des Cartes. Universal genius, Hoi. * Jolly sailor, 

Drake, Sir Francis. First circumnavigator, Eng. Dull poet in a rage, 

Dryclen, John. Poet, Eng. Toy cast in wax, 

Emmet, Robert. Brave patriot, Irish. Tough seam o/wax, 

Euler. Great mathematician, Swiss. Talk of fame in a coach, 

Fenelon. Fr. Adequate leisure, 

Fox, Charles. Statesman, Eng. Tough siege on a lake, 

Galileo. Astronomer, It. Adjourn to a cave, 

Garrick. Comedian, Eng. Take a cab in a jam, 

Gibbon, Edward. Historian, Eng. Talk of poor luck, 

Gothe. German poet. Deaf man to fame, 



1719 


47 


1609 


49 


324 32 


1626 


66 


1679 


49 


1827 


57 


1780 57 


1751 


73 


1830 47 


1704 77 


1823 


43 


1601 


55 


1772 56 


1329 


55 


1580 74 


1788 81 


1797 


67 


1796 37 


1824 36 


1564 55 


1844 


67 


1822 


65 


1823 80 


1400 


72 


1822 


62 


1506 


71 


1632 


81 


1843 


70 


1779 


51 


1547 


62 


1800 


69 


1556 


67 


1658 59 


1832 


63 


1321 


56 


1829 


51 


1789 77 


1650 


54 


1591 


46 


1701 


70 


1803 


70 


1783 76 


1715 


64 


1806 57 


1642 78 


1779 


63 


1794 57 


1832 83 



BIOGRAPHY. 



67 



Grotius. Distinguished author, Holland. 
Hale, Sir Matthew. Eminent jurist, Eng. 
Halley, Edmond. Astronomer, Eng. 
Hannibal. Carthagenian general, Carthage 
Handel, George. Eminent musician, Ger. 
Harrison, Sir J. 



Butch relation, 

Butch coach for a joke. 

Take a run or a voyage 

Defame a jail 

Tickle with a bugle 

Inventor of the Chronometer, Eng. 

Take a coach for fame 



Harvey, William. Anatomist, Eng. 

Hemans, Mrs. Felicia. Poetess, Eng. 

Herschell, Sir William. Astronomer, Eng. 

Hume, David. Historian, Scot. 

Jenner, Edward. Discovered vaccination, Eng 

Johnson, Samuel. Lexicographer, Eng. 

Kepler, John. Astronomer, Ger. 

Knox, John. Divine, Scot. 

Kosciusko, Thaddeus. Pole. 

Lafayette. Fr. 

La Fontaine. Author, Fr. 

La Grange. Mathematician, Fr. 

Lalande, Joseph. Astronomer, Fr. 

La Place. Astronomer, Fr. 

Linnaeus. Botanist, Swede. 

Locke, John. Philosopher, Eng. 

Lorenzo de Medici. A ruler, Italy. 

Loyola, Ignatius. Founder of the Jesuits 



Dish like cup 

*Female heroine 

Deaf men with fear 

Take cash in jail 

Bivine Maker 

Talk fair in a gale 

*Chum asleep, 

Tall cane shake 

Taught with caution 

Defamer from gig, 

Dashy ball with care 

Tough time for a cook 

Tough nook in a cove 

Tough nook in a cove 

Took a gay view of a kite 

*Wax organ, 

*Rapine in the rear, 

Spain. Tall judge in a gale 



1645 62 
1676 67 
1742 86 
183 65 
1759 75 

1776 83 
1657 79 
1835 42 

1822 84 
1776 65 

1823 74 
1784 75 
1630 59 
1572 67 
1817 62 
1834 77 
1695 74 
1813 77 
1827 78 
1827 78 
1778 71 
1704 72 
1492 44 
1566 75 



EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. 



1 Born on the Island of Corsica, in the Mediterranean, 


Take a ship. 


1769 


2 Made General at the Siege of Toulon, 


Took opium, 


1793 


3 Defeated the Parisians, 




Thick power. 


1794 


4 Sailed for Egypt, 


Attack on a bey foe, 


1798 


5 Returned from Egypt, 




Thick pipe, 


1799 


6 Declared First Consul, 




Thick pipe. 


1799 


7 Declared Emperor, 




Adviser, 


1804 


8 Declared King of Italy, 




Tough soil, 


1805 


9 Marriage with Josephine dissolved, 




Device for pay. 


1809 


10 Married Maria Louisa, 




Divide us, 


1810 


11 Abdicates the throne, 




Defy a tory, 


1814 


12 Arrived at Elba, 




Divider, 


1814 


13 Enters Paris, 




Devoutly, 


1815 


14 Lost the Battle of "Waterloo, 




Devoutly, 


1815 


15 Arrived at St. Helena, 




Devoutly, 


1815 


16 Died at St. Helena, aged 52, 




Divine Italian, 


1821 


17 Exhumed at St. Helena, and interred in Paris, 


Defy the race, 


1840 


BATTLES 


OF NAPOLEON. 






1 Battle of Lodi, Italy, 


May 11th, 


Thick beach, 


1796 


2 " " Castiglione, Italy, 


August 3d, 


Thick beach, 


1796 


3 " " Areola, Italy, 


November 16th, 


Thick beach, 


1796 



68 



MEMORIA TECHNICA. 



4 ; 


Battl 


3 of Embabeh, 


Egypt, 


July 21st, 


Thick beef, 


1798 


5 


a 


" Marengo, 


Italy, ; 


June 15th, 


Two faces, 


1800 


6 


a 


" Hohenlinden 


Prussia, 


December 8th, 


Two faces, 


1800 


7 


a 


a Alexandria, 


Egypt, 


March 22d, 


Devised, 


1801 


8 


a 


" Austerlitz, 


Austria, 


December 2d, 


Tough soul, 


1805 


9 


ii 


" Jena, 


Saxony, 


October 14th, 


Tough siege, 


1806 


10 


u 


" Eylau * 


Prussia, 


February 3d, 


Tough whiskey. 


1807 


11 


it 


" Friedland, 


Prussia, 


June 14th, 


Tough whiskey. 


1807 


12 


it 


" Vimeira, 


Portugal, 


August 21st, 


Device of a foe, 


1808 


13 


11 


" Corunna, 


Spain, 


January 16th, 


Tough soup, 


1809 


14 


a 


" Esslinggen, 


Austria, 


May 22d, 


Tough soup, 


1809 


15 


a 


" Wagram, 


Austria, 


July 6th, 


Tough soup, 


1809 


16 


it 


" Borodino,f 


Russia, 


September 7th, 


Defeating, 


1812 


17 


a 


" Lutzen, 


Saxony, 


May 1st, 


Tough time, 


1813 


18 


a 


" Bautzen, 


Saxony, 


May 20th, 


Tough time. 


1813 


19 


a 


" Vittoria, 


Spain, 


June 21st, 


Tough time, 


1813 


20 


a 


" Dresden, 


Saxony, 


August 28th, 


Tough time, 


1313 


21 


a 


" Leipsic, 


Saxony, 


October 18 th, 


Tough time, 


1813 


22 


a 


" Montmartre, 


France, 


March 30th, 


Tough deer, 


1814 


23 


a 


" Waterloo, 


Netherlands 


, June 18 th, 


Tough outlaw, 


1815 



* " The Battle of Eylau was fought in the depth of winter, amidst ice and snow, under circumstances 
of unexampled horror. The loss on both sides was immense; and never in modern times had a field of 
battle been strewn with such a multitude of slain. Never was a spectacle so dreadful as the field pre- 
sented on the following morning. Above 50,000 men lay in the space of two leagues, weltering in blood." 

t At the Battle of Borodino, 80,000 men were left dead on the field. 



APPLICATION OF THE SYSTEM TO AUTO-BIOGRAPHY. 



Model I. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 

1 Born in Braintree, Mass., July 11, he knew from a child how to take a joke, 

2 Went to France with his father, at 11 years of age, Attack of a COUgh, 

3 Returned to America in the summer of, Took a cap, 



Embarked for England with his father, in November, 



Took a cab, 



5 Went with Hon. Francis Dana, Minister to Russia, as his private secretary, 

in July, Talk of fate, 

6 Returned through Sweden, Denmark, Hamburg, and Bremen, to Holland, to 

meet his father, Talk of fame, 

7 Returned home, and entered Harvard University, Took a file, 

8 Left College, and entered the office of Chief Justice Parsons, Newburyport, 

Took off a cow, 

9 At the age of 27, he was appointed by Washington Minister to Netherlands, 

Attack a bear, 

10 Returned to America, being recalled by his father, Devised, 

11 Elected to the Senate of Massachusetts, Advise now, 

12 Elected United States Senator, Tough sum, 

13 Chosen Prof, of Rhetoric and Oratory in Harvard University, Tough siege, 

14 Appointed Minister to Russia, by President Madison, Tough soup, 

15 Was called home by President Monroe, and appointed Secretary of State, 

Tough deck, 



1767 
1778 
1779 
1779 

1781 

1783 

1785 

1787 

1794 
1801 

1802 
1803 
1806 
1809 

1817 



BIO GRAPH Y. 



69 



16 Inaugurated President of the United States, Divinely, 1825 

17 After having served out his term as President, he was elected a Member of 

Congress from the Twelfth District in Massachusetts ; from which Dis- 
trict, and from the Eighth, under the new appointment, he has been suc- 
cessively returned to the present time, 1846, Deaf mute, 1831 

Model II. EDWARD EVERETT. 

1 Born in Dorchester, Mass., and always knew how to relish a Thick pear, 1794 

2 Graduated at Harvard University, Tough and tidy, 1811 

3 Became pastor of Brattle Street Church, Boston, Tough time, 1813 

4 Elected to a Professorship in Harvard University, Devoutly, 1815 

5 Commenced the tour of Europe the same year, Devoutly, 1815 

6 Became editor of the North American Review, Defiance, 1820 

7 Elected United States Representative in Congress, Defamer, 1834 

8 Elected Governor of Massachusetts, Tough meal, 1835 

9 Minister to England, To prevent fraud, 1841 
10 Inaugurated President of Harvard University, (a. 52,) Defy a rash lion, 1846 



REMARKABLE INSTANCES OF LONGEVITY. 

Galour McCrain, of the Island of Java, the oldest man on record for upwards of 3000 
years, died in the reign of Charles I. of England, and was no dough face, 180. 

Thomas Parr, of Shropshire, England, died on the 16th of November, before which 
he could walk a Dutch mile or an Italian, 1635-152. 

Henry Jenkins, of Yorkshire, England, died on the 8th of December, before which he 
could attend on the sale of Dutch cheese in a toy shop, 1660-169. 

John Mount, of Scotland, died, before which he could attend a 

thick judge with a torch, 1766-146. 

Elenora Spicer, of Virginia, could walk with a 

thick cane, and was tidy, 1772-121. 

Louisa Truxo was living in South America, in 1780, in the 131st year of her age, 
and was very timid. 

William Ellis, of Liverpool, England, died on the 16th of August, before which he 
could stave a thick face to atoms, 1780 - 130. 

John Jacobs, of Mount Jura, France. He travelled from the top of his native moun- 
tain in the middle of summer, to Versailles, to return thanks to the National Assembly 
for their vote of freedom to him and his countrymen from the Feudal yoke. He was 
received by the Assembly with great respect, indulged with a chair, and directed to 
keep his hat on, lest he should take cold. He could 

talk of a base dandy, 1790-121. 

Matthew Tate, of Ayrshire, Scotland, died on the 12th of February, before which he 
could look at a thick bone in the Athenaeum, 1792-123. 

John Brookley, a farmer in Devonshire, England, was alive in 1777, in the 135th 
year of his age, when he could look on the works of God, and admire, 134. 

Benjamin Harvey, a clergyman, of Herkimer County, N. Y., appeared in a Baptist 
Convention, in Brooklyn, N. Y., May, 1846, in the 112th year of his age. His life 
should be edited. 



SPECIFIC GRAVITIES. 



SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF SOLIDS. Water being 1. 



Three figures should be uniformly assigned to the decimals. 



10 
11 
12 



Platina is much harder than the name of an easy Swiss, 23.000 

Fine Gold cannot be cut like tape with shears, 19.640 

Fine Silver. To earn fine silver makes men look tidy and sober, 11.094 

Mercury, at 0, Time to lay in beef, 13.598 

Lead, Tidy and manly, 11.325 

Copper, Boys of a size, 9.000 

Iron, Gay and cheerly, 7.645 

Diamond, Home light and gay, 3.517 

Marble, No exile, 2.705 

Glass, Misses sigh, 3.000 

Flint, New locks, 2.570 

Chalk, Day on Cape May, 1.793 



LIQUORS AND ELASTIC FLUIDS. Water being 1. 

13 Milk, Days more, 1.034 

14 Rain Water, Days since, 1.000 

15 Oil, Bones, 0.920 

16 Brandy, Vines, 0.820 

17 Living Men, Fop die, 0.891 

18 Chlorine, Nigh the rocks, 2.470 

19 Steam, Shining, 0.622 

20 Alcohol, Keep off, 0.798 

21 Carbonic acid gas, Tall notch, 1.526 

22 Oxygen gas, Tidy son, 1.102 

23 Hydrogen gas,- ■ • • Sage boy, 0.069 



WOODS. Water being 1. 



24 Apple-tree, Keeper, 0.794 

25 Boxwood, Ties up a moss, 1.030 

26 Mahogany, Dies with shame, 1.063 

27 Cork, New rose, 0.240 



PACTS RELATING TO THE BIBLE. 



HINTS TO THE LEARNER. 

Wherever this book has been introduced into schools, the pupils who have recited from it. bear a uniform 
testimony that the exercise has a tendency to invigorate the retentive faculties, and give a quicker percep- 
tion of the power and meaning of words ; that it also awakens inquiry and a love of useful reading. 

But those who know nothing of the system see so little connection between the facts and date-words or 
■phrases, that they feel at once " it is all up-hill work." But let such persons be informed that icords are 
selected with reference to the consonant sounds, and that, representing some idea to the mind, they will be 
remembered with one fourth the mental labor required to retain the figures for which they stand, then the im- 
pressions of absurdity and incongruity vanish away. Those pupils who become a little used to sentence- 
making, by establishing a fanciful relation (where no philosophical connection exists) between the fact and 
date-word, by incorporating them into a sentence, find it an exercise interesting as it is useful. 

Should there be some stubborn cases where the freest scope of the imagination cannot easily conjure up 
a readable sentence, it is recommended that another date-word be made on a slate or slip of paper, and the 
sentence be written out ; then place the new date-word opposite the old one, on the margin, all of which the 
pupil will find to be useful- as an exercise in composition. In like manner, all the date- words and phrases 
should be regarded as specimen words, to be improved by the pupil as much as possible. The date-words 
which we make for ourselves are far more easily remembered than those which others make for us. So it 
is also with sentences. For this reason most of the sentences in this book are left for the learner to construct 
according to his own taste and fancy. 

But as diligence and perseverance are qualities not always to be met with, and fearing lest some may 
derive little practical benefit, arising from a reluctance to grapple with the toil of making sentences, I shall 
incorporate all the facts and date-words in this section into sentences. 

1 The books of the Old Testament should be as familiar to us as a map, 39 

2 The [number of] chapters of the Old Testament have been read 

by many a puny boy, 929 

3 All the verses in the Old Testament have been read in one numb winter, 23,214 

4 All the words in the Old Testament have been read by many a 

Laban and Rehoboam, 592,483 

5 The number of letters in the Old Testament (if they were of 

wood) would make a new COne of fit size, 2,728,100 

6 The books of the New Testament can all be committed in a very 

short time, when we once get the nack, 27 

7 When the chapters of the New Testament are all properly regard- 

ed, there will be new joys, 260 

8 The verses of the New Testament might all be committed to 

memory by a gay ploilgll-boy, 7,959 

9 The words of the New Testament could not be woven together 

in a stiff tin loom, 181,253 

10 Should all the letters in the New Testament create good deeds 

in our lives, it would take more than the fame of a foe to move US, 138,380 

11 The middle chapter and the shortest in the Bible is the psalm 

which holds the book together like a stout key, 117 

1 2 Which is the middle verse in the Bible ? 

Answer. — The 8th (fine)* verse of the 118th (dative)* Psalm. 

13 Which is the shortest verse in the Bible ? 

Ans. — St. John's Gospel, 11th (tidy)* chapter, and 35th (small)* verse, 

14 Which verse in the Bible has all the letters of the alphabet in it? 

Ans. — Ezra, 7th (curious)* chapter, and 21st (noted)* verse. 

15 What two chapters in the Old Testament are precisely alike? 

Ans. — Second (new)* book of Kings, 19th (type)* chapter, and the 37th 
(mock)* chapter of Isaiah. 

* See the prompters and symbols on page 11. 



72 MEMORIA TECHNICA. 

16 Christ disputed with the doctors in the Temple, in a dignified tone, 12 

17 John the Baptist began his ministry in a new age, 26 

1 8 Jesus baptized in Jordan by John, where the kingdom of darkness received a new 

knock, 27 

19 Christ's Sermon on the mount, in which were brought to light both the "beam" 

and the "mote," 31 

20 John the Baptist beheaded, where Herod showed himself a very wicked man, 32 

21 Jesus fed five thousand with five loaves and two fishes, where he proved himself 

more than a man, 32 

22 Lazarus raised from the dead, where he appeared very unlike an Egyptian mummy, 33 

23 Crucifixion of Christ, April 3d, when he was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and 

of whom it was said, Him we will maim, 33 

24 Resurrection of Christ, where he said I shall ascend to my home, 33 

25 Stephen stoned to death, when he glorified God the more, 34 

26 Pontius Pilate killed himself, when he could no longer move, 38 

27 Saul of Tarsus converted to Christianity ; and through the remainder of his life, 

for the promotion of the cause, did much, 36 

28 St. Paul escaped from Damascus, by being let down in a basket, that he might 

make a greater move, 38 

29 St. Matthew wrote his Gospel, so that parents can say I will read it to my boy, 39 

30 St. Peter imprisoned by Herod in a shameful riot, 41 

31 The apostle James the greater, beheaded by Agrippa, which finally made his 

conscience roar, 44 

32 The apostle Peter liberated from prison by an angel, leaving the other prisoners 

in the rear, 44 

33 Mary, the mother of Jesus, died, on the date of ivhich we may rely, 45 

34 Barnabas and Paul preached in Cyprus, where they made a great rally, 45 

35 St. Mark wrote his Gospel, which, although shorter than the others, is very rich, 46 

36 St. Paul preaches in the Areopagus, and whether or not to receive his doctrines 

many were at a loss, 50 

37 St. Paul left Corinth, and went to Jerusalem, where he was persecuted, and 

called a liar, 54 

38 St. Paul preached at Ephesus, where Demetrius, a silversmith, behaved very dis- 

loyal, 55 

39 St. Paul shipwrecked at Malta, where he was permitted to have his choice, 60 

40 St. Paul imprisoned at Rome in a loathsome jail, 65 

41 Martyrdom of Peter and Paul at Rome, whose sentences were pronounced by an 

unjust judge, 66 

42 St. John wrote his Gospel, and is banished to the isle of Vsdmos, from whence he 

teas restored even without making an appeal, 95 

43 St. John died at Ephesus of no contagious disease, 100 



After most of this work was first printed, the author received from New York a valu- 
able book bearing the title of " American Phreno-Mnemotechny," by Pliny Miles, 
Esq., to whom he is indebted for many interesting facts. 



MISCELLANEOUS FACTS. 

■ 

1 The number of grains contained in a bushel of wheat was drawn 

from the knowledge of an easy Swiss, 256,000 

2 The number of bones in the human frame will enable us to defend 

ourselves against a near foe, 248 

3 The number of bones in each hand are found to be enough, 28 

4 The number of pounds of air which Buffon calculates a middle- 

sized man sustains, is enough to raise an easy Swiss, 40,000 

5 The pressure of air on every square inch is equal to that which 

is contained on a square inch dial, 75 

6 The number of feet in length to which a grain of silver may be 

extended, is long enough to reach round a large recess, 400 

7 The longest day in the year [21st of June] is worthy of note. 

8 The shortest day in the year [21st of December] is also worthy of note. 

9 The number of persons who are supposed to receive their birth, 

and the number who die every hour, have not all the same 

homes beyond the seas, 3000 

10 The number of newspapers published in the United States in 

1846 would make a tall roll, 1545 

11 The newspapers published in all other parts of the world could 

be put into a stiff boat, 1891 

12 The population of the United States in 1840 were not presided 

over by dukes but chief judges, 17,068,660 

13 Among the whole number of slaves in these United States, 

(according to the State laws,) there could not be found the 

owner of a fig or a tidy home, 2,487,113 

14 Among the white population of the United States over twenty 

years of age, who could not read nor write, there were many 

who appeared like low, raw, bushy boys, 549,960 

15 The name of Washington was as dear to the population of 

that city in 1840 as the name of roses, 23,400 

16 The number of different languages now spoken in the world, 

enables each one to say, I speak my home to cheer, 3,364 

17 The velocity of light, in miles, per second, although coming so 

swiftly, has no tendency to deepen the seas SO, 192,000 

18 The velocity of sound, in feet, per second, makes a very steady run, 1142 

19 The velocity of the earth's motion, in miles, per second, going 

round the sun, flies faster than a fish could swim round a tub, 19 

20 The fastest sailing ship, in feet, per second, appears like " a 

thing of life" upon the mighty deep, 19 

21 It is admitted by the French, that [_among~] the number of 

lives lost in the wars of Napoleon, it might be said many a 

joyous Swiss ceases, 6,000,000 

22 The number of persons computed to have been sacrificed to the 

god of war since the creation, have afflicted many a man, so 

that " never will my tears cease," so says a Swiss, 1,400,000,000* 

* Edmund Burke went still further, and reckoned the sum total of the ravages of war, from the first, at 
no less than thirty-five thousand millions ! 

10 



BOTANY 



Before any considerable progress can be made in the study of Botany, facts and terms 
should be understood and committed to memory. 

We have good authority for presuming, that there are not less than sixty thousand 
species of plants in the vegetable world; 56,000 having been already discovered and 
described by Buffon, and other naturalists. 

But we are now to know what is meant by species. This is necessary, in order to 
appreciate the immense labor of botanists in classifying and arranging these plants, and 
the immensity of the Creator's works in their production. 

A species is one kind, similar to which, there are other kinds. Take the rose as an 
instance. The damask rose is a species — but we have the wild rose, the moss rose, the 
Burgundy rose, the French rose, and about fifty different kinds in all, each of which em- 
brace mauy varieties. All these species form the rose family, or genera. 

A genera comprehends one or more species, grouped together on account of some 
resemblance in the situation, proportion, and connection of the organs which constitute the 
plant. Any one species of a genus may be regarded as a type or example of the others. 
Genera are formed into orders, and Orders into Classes. 

The system of Linnaeus may be illustrated by the following comparison : 
Individual persons compose Families, 
Families " Towns, 

Towns " Counties, 

Counties " States. 

Individual plants compose Species, 
Species " Genera, 

Genera " Orders, 

Orders " Classes. 

When a botanist sees a plant, which he never saw before, and wishes to know its 
name and use, he proceeds as follows : 

1. He takes the unknown flower in his hand, (no unknown plant can be ascertained 
without the flower,) and compares its parts with the description of each class, until he 
finds the class to which it belongs. 

2. He then goes to the orders of that class, and finds its order in the same way. 

3. Next he goes to the genera of that order, and reads their descriptions, until he finds 
the genus to which it belongs. 

4. At last he looks over the species of that genus, until he finds the exact description 
of his plant. 

5. Thus he finds the apple to be Class 12, Order 5, Genus Pyrus, Species Malus. 

Thus, as individual persons are the real existences which make up a state, so are indi- 
vidual plants the real existences which make classes ; the words town and county, genus 
and order, being general terms, are used to designate certain circumstances of these men 
and plants. 

We shall here present a list of Latin and Greek numerals, which it is necessary to 
commit to memory, in order to understand the names given to the classes and orders. It 
is not in botany alone that a knowledge of these numerals will be useful : many words in 
our language are compounded of them, as uniform, from units, one, and forma, form ; 
octagon from octo, eight, &c. 



• 








NUMERALS. 




75 




Latin. 




Greek. 


Latin. 




Greek. 




Unus, 




1 


Monos, single. 


Duodecem, 


12 


Dodeka. 




Bis, 




2 


Dis, twice. 


Tredecera, 


13 


Dekatreis. 


» 


Tres, 




3 


Treis. 


Quatuordecim, 


14 


Dekatettares. 


\ 


Quatuor, 




4 


Tettares. 


Quindecim, 


15 


Dekapente. 




Quinque, 




5 


Pente. 


Sexdecim, 


16 


Dekaex. 




Sex, 




6 


Hex. 


Septemdecim, 


17 


Dekaepta. 




Septem, 




7 


Hepta. 


Octodecim, 


18 


Dekaocto. 




Octo, 




8 


Octo. 


Novemdecim, 


19 


Dekaennea. 




Novem, 




9 


Ennea. 


Viginti, 


20 


Eikosi. 




Decern, 




10 


Deka. 


Multus, 


Many 


Polus. 


. 


Undecem, 




11 


Endeca. 










The Classes 


are founded upon distinctions observed in 


the stamens. All known 




plants are 


divided into twenty-one Classes. 


[See a work on 


botany.] 





CLASSES, ORDERS, GENERA, SPECIES, AND VARIETIES. 

The arrangement and classification of plants according to the Linnaean system having 
been explained, we shall proceed to apply mnemonic rules for memorizing the Classes, 
Orders, and Varieties of plants, which follow. 

Varieties are not to be recognized by the botanist, so much as by the gardener : they 
do not come within his province, at least the method of procuring them. 

But the gardeners of our own country have already been industrious in this depart- 
ment of their labor. 

The following Varieties of trees, shrubs, and plants, are cultivated in the extensive 
botanical gardens of the Northern and Middle States. Those who may feel a curiosity 
to preserve in their recollections the number of any or all of these varieties, will find 
indicating words placed in the following catalogue for that purpose. 



VARIETIES. 



1 We gathered Apples 


while it 




21 Blackberries, 


Tub, 


19 




rained, 


421 


22 "Whortleberries, 


Tub, 


19 


2 Pears, 


Miller, 


354 


23 Barberries, 


Tub, 


19 


3 Cherries, 


Tunnel, 


125 


24 Cranberries, 


Tub, 


19 


4 Plums, 


Dowager, 


164 


25 Figs, 


Date, 


11 


5 Peaches, 


Outfit, 


181 


26 Pomegranates, 


Doll, 


15 


6 Nectarines, 


Nun, 


22 


27 Strawberries, 


Judge, 


6Q 


7 Apricots, 


Type, 


19 


28 Honey-suckle, 


Roof, 


48 


8 Almonds, 


Tune, 


12 


29 Hardy Azalias, 


Moor, 


34 


9 Quinces, 


Ethiopia, 


19 


30 Chinese Azalias, 


Mate, 


31 


10 Mulberries, 


Deer, 


14 


31 Roses, 


Dingle, 1275 


11 Walnuts, 


Meet, 


31 


32 Peonies, 


Deism, 


103 


12 Chestnuts, 


Meet, 


31 


33 Tree Peonies, 


Wren, 


42 


13 Filberts, 


Meet, 


31 


34 Carnations, 


Trash, 


146 


14 Medlars, 


Pea, 


9 


35 Pinks, 


Eulogy, 


56 


15 Persimons, 


Pea, 


9 


36 Chrysanthemum, 


Outdone*, 


112 


16 Papaw, 


Pea, 


9 


37 Iris, or Fleur de Lis, 


Leaf, 


58 


17 Grapes, 


» Italian, 


152 


38 Hemenopolis, or Daily Lily, Doll, 


15 


18 Currants, 


Man, 


32 


39 Primrose, Polyanthus, and Cow- 




19 Raspberries, 


Mill, 


35 


slip, 


Name, 


23 


20 Gooseberries, Wood-sawyer, 


104 


40 Auriculae, 


Mouse, 


30 



76 MEMORIA TECHNIGA. 



HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL FLOWERING PLANTS. 



41 Violets, Doll, 15 

42 Varieties embracing the Acanthus, 

and other classes, Horizon, 402 

43 Medical and culinary plants, 

Neighbor, 294 



44 Geraniums, Death- watch, 116 

45 Chinese Mountain Laurels, 

Mouse, 30 

46 Dahlias, Losses, 500 



THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS, AND THEIR SENTIMENTS. 

Note. — There is less difficulty in memorizing the hard names of the classes and 
orders, than in remembering the class and order to which each of the plants belongs. 
Even familiarity with the plants does not lessen the difficulty, unless the properties of 
the classes and orders are equally familiar. The following arrangement of the adjectives 
will greatly aid the pupil in this behalf, and make new additions to the exquisite pleasure 
which is felt in a walk through a flower-garden, where the plants, with whose names he 
may be familiar, are blooming in rich profusion. 

It will be observed, that there are two adjectives prefixed to the name of each plant ; 
the^'s^ denotes the class, and the second the order. The plant, with the class, order, 
and sentiment, should all be incorporated into one sentence. A numerical order will be 
preserved, by calling up the corresponding symbol, and not the adjective, which is here 
used for another purpose. 

SENTIMENTS. 

1 Tabby (19) and long (5) Amaranth is a symbol of Immortality.* ■ -Class 19, Order 5 

2 Tiny and tenacious Anemone, Frailty. 12 12 

3 Tabby and new Aster, Beauty in retirement. 19 2 

4 Decorated and dozing Acacia, Platonic love. • • • ♦ 17 10 

5 Tiny and long Apple Blossom, Fame speaks you great and good. • • • • 12 5 

6 Noted and new Ash, Grandeur. 21 2 

7 Tall and stout Alyssum, Worth beyond beauty. 15 1 

8 Long and stout Bachelor's Button, Hope in misery. 5 1 

9 Dozing and stout Balm, Sweets of social intercourse. 10 1 

10 Noted and tame Balm of Gilead, I am cured. 21 13 

11 Long and stout Balsam, Impatience. 5 1 

12 Chief and stout Barberry, Petulance. 6 1 

13 Bold and stout Bay Leaf, I change but in dying. 9 1 

14 Nice and tame Birch, Gracefulness. 20 13 

15 Long and stout Bindweed, Humility. 5 1 

16 Long and stout Blue Bell, Constancy. 5 1 

17 Noted and rich Box, Stoicism. 21 4 

18 Decorated and dozing Broom, Neatness. 17 10 

19 Tough and stout Burdock, Importunity. 18 1 

20 Nice and tame Calla, Feminine modesty. 20 13 

21 Tough and new Camomile, Energy in adversity. 18 2 

22 Tall and new Candytuft, Indifference. 15 2 

23 Long and stout Cardinal Flower, Distinction. 5 1 

24 Dozing and new Carnation, Pride. 10 2 

25 Dozing and modern Catchfly, A snare. * 10 3 

26 Nice and tiny Cedar Tree, Spiritual strength. 20 12 

27 Tiny and stout Cherry Blossom, Spiritual beauty. 12 1 

28 Tiny and new China Aster, Your sentiments meet with a return. • 19 2 



BOTANY. 77 

29 Tough and new Chrysanthemum, A heart left to desolation. 18 2 

30 Tiny and tame Cinquefoil, Love, constant, but hopeless. 12 13 

31 Tame and curious Clematis, Mental excellence. 13 7 

32 Tame and long Columbine, I cannot give thee up. 13 5 

33 Nice and modern Corn, Riches. 20 3 

34 Long and stout Cowslip, Native grace. 5 1 

35 Tabby and modern Coreopsis, Always cheerful. 19 3 

36 Long and new Coriander, Concealed merit. 5 2 

37 Noted and Dutch Cypress, Disappointed hopes. ........> 21 16 

38 Tabby and new Dahlia, Elegance and dignity. 19 2 

39 Tabby and new Daisy, Beauty and innocence. 19 2 

40 Tabby and stout Dandelion, • • • • Coquetry. • 19 1 

41 Tiny and long Dew Plant, A serenade. 12 5 

42 Long and modern Elder, Compassion. 5 3 

43 Tiny and tame Eglantine, . . . . Poetry. - 12 13 

44 Tabby and new Everlasting, Always remembered. -•••19 2 

45 Dozing and stout Evergreen, Poverty and worth. 10 1 

46 Noted and Dutch Fir, Time. 21 16 

47 Stout and stout Flowering Reed, Confidence in heaven. 1 1 

48 Long and stout Forget-me-not, True love. 5 1 

49 Daring and new Foxglove, I am ambitious, not for myself, but you. 14 2 

50 Fine and stout Fuschia, Humble love. • • • 8 1 

51 Long and new Gentian, Virgin pride. 5 2 

52 Dutch and curious Rose Geranium, • • • • Preference. 16 7 

53 Dutch and curious Scarlet Geranium, • -Thou art changed. 16 7 

54 Dutch and curious Oak Geranium, True friendship.- • • ' 16 7 

55 Dutch and curious Lemon Geranium, • -Tranquillity of mind. 16 7 

56 Dutch and curious Silver-leaved do.,- • • Recall. 16 7 

57 Tall and new Gilly Flower, Lasting beauty. 15 2 

58 Tabby and new Golden Rod, Encouragement. 19 2 

59 Long and stout Grape, Charity. 5 1 

60 Modern and new Grass, Submission. 3 2 

61 Tiny and long Hawthorn, Hope. 12 5 

62 Nice and tame Hazel, Reconciliation. 20 13 

63 Long and stout Heliotrope, Devotion. 5 1 

64 Dutch and tame Hibiscus, Beauty is vain. 16 13 

65 Dutch and tame Hollyhock, Ambition. 16 13 

66 Tall and stout Honeysuckle, Fidelity. 15 1 

67 Noted and long Hop, Injustice. 21 5 

68 Rich and stout Houstonia, Quiet happiness. 4 1 

69 Dozing and new Hydrangea, Heartlessness. 10 2 

70 Tiny and long Ice Plant, Your looks freeze me. 12 5 

71 Modern and stout Iris, A message. 3 1 

72 Long and stout Ivy, I have found one true heart. 5 1 

73 New and stout Jasmine, Amiability. • 2 1 

74 Dutch and stout Jonquil, Affection returned. 16 1 

75 Modern and tame King Cup, I wish I was rich. 3 13 

76 Decorated and rich Laburnum, Pensive beauty. 17 4 

77 Nice and new Lady's Slipper, Capricious beauty. 20 2 

78 Tame and modern Larkspur, Inconstancy. 13 3 

79 Dozing and stout Laurel, Virtue is true beauty. 10 1 

80 Daring and stout Lavender, Acknowledgment. 14 1 



78 MEMOEIA TECHNICA. 

81 Tame and stout Lemon, Discretion. 13 l 

82 Tough and stout Lettuce, • • • • Cold-hearted. 18 1 

83 New and stout Lilac, First emotion of love. 2 1 

84 Chief and stout Lily — white, Purity. 6 1 

85 Chief and stout Lily of the Valley, • • • The heart withering in secret. 6 1 

86 Decorated and dozing Locust, Affection beyond the grave. 17 10 

87 Decorated and rich Lupine, • • Dejection, Sorrow. 17 4 

88 Dozing and modem London Pride, • • • Frivolity. 10 3 

89 Dutch and tame Mallows, Sweet disposition. 16 13 

90 Fine and stout Maple, Reserve. -• 8 1 

91 Tabby and rich Marigold, • • • • Contempt. 19 4 

92 Tidy and modern Mignonette, Moral and intellectual beauty. 11 3 

93 Dutch and dozing Mimosa, Sensitiveness. 16 10 

94 Known and new Moss, Maternal love. 22 2 

95 Tiny and stout Myrtle, Love in absence. 12 1 

96 Fine and stout Nasturtion, Patriotism. 8 1 

97 Long and stout Nightshade, Dark thoughts. 5 1 

98 Noted and tame Oak, Hospitality. 21 13 

99 Long and new Oleander, Beware ! 5 2 

100 Tiny and tiny Orange Flowers, Woman's worth. 12 12 

101 Long and stout Pansy, Tender and pleasant thoughts. 5 1 

102 Dutch and new Passion Flower, Religious fervor. 16 2 

103 Decorated and rich Pea — everlasting, • Wilt thou go ? 17 4 

104 Decorated and rich Sweet Pea, Departure. 17 4 

105 Tiny and stout Peach Blossom, I am your captive. 12 1 

106 Long and stout Petunia, '• • • -Thou art less proud than they deem. • 5 1 

107 Tame and modern Peony, Ostentation. 13 3 

108 Long and stout Phlox, Our souls are united. 5 1 

109 Noted and Dutch Pine, Time and faith. 21 16 

110 Dozing and new Pink — white, Lovely and pure affection. 10 2 

111 Dozing and new Pink — red, Woman's love. 10 2 

112 Long and stout Polyanthus, Confidence. 5 1 

113 Long and stout Potato, Beneficence. 5 1 

114 Tame and stout Poppy, Forgetfulness. 13 1 

115 Long and stout Primrose, Modest worth. 5 1 

116 Fine and stout Primrose — evening, • • I am more faithful than thou. 8 1 

117 Tiny and tame Rose Bud, Confession of love. 12 13 

118 Tiny and tame Rose — Bridal, Happy love. 12 13 

119 Tiny and tame Rose — Burgundy, • • • • Simplicity and beauty. 12 13 

120 Tiny and tame Rose — Damask, Bashful love. 12 13 

121 Tiny and tame Rose — Moss, Superior merit. 12 13 

122 Tiny and tame Rose — Multiflora, Grace. 12 13 

123 Tiny and tame Rose — White, Too young to love. 12 13 

124 Tiny and tame Rose — Red Leaved, • • Diffidence. 12 13 

125 New and stout Sage, -- Domestic virtues. 2 1 

126 Daring and new Snapdragon, You are dazzling, but dangerous. • • • -14 2 

127 Long and modern Snow Ball, Thoughts of heaven.- • ■ • : 5 3 

128 Chief and stout Snowdrop, I am not a summer friend. 6 1 

129 Chief and stout Star of Bethlehem,- • -Let us follow Jesus.- • • '. 6 1 

130 Tiny and tame Strawberry, Perfect excellence. 12 13 

131 Long and modern Sumach, Splendid misery. 5 3 

132 Tabby and modern Sun Flower, Smile on me still. 19 3 



MEMORY OF NAMES. 79 

133 Dozing and new Sweet William, Gallantry. 

134 Tiny and stout Syringa — Carolina,- • -Memory. 

135 Tabby and stout Thistle, Never forget. 

136 Chief and stout Tulip, Beautiful eyes. 

137 Daring and stout Verbena, Sensibility. 

138 Long and stout Violet, Faithfulness. 

139 Modern and new Vernal Grass, Poor, but happy. 

140 Daring and new Wall Flower, Fidelity in misfortune. 

141 Tame and stout Water Lily, • : Eloquence. 

142 Noted and new Willow, Forsaken. 

143 Rich and new Witch Hazel, A spell. 

144 Long and new Woodbine, Fraternal love. 5 

145 Tabby and tidy Yarrow, A cure for the heartache. • • • ••• 

146 Tabby and new Zinnia, I mourn your absence. 19 2 



10 


2 


12 


1 


19 


1 


6 


1 


.14 


1 


5 


I 


3 


2 


14 


2 


13 


1 


21 


2 


4 


2 


5 


1 


19 


11 



EXERCISES IN THE MEMORY OF NAMES. 

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. 

To be memorized by being associated with the symbols. 

Should the pupil form an indicating word for the date of the founding of these 
institutions, the figure 1 for thousands might be understood, and not expressed by a word. 

The colleges marked thus, *, are under the direction of the Baptists ; thus, t, Episcopalians ; thus, J, 

Methodists ; thus, §, Catholics. 

WHEN FOUNDED. 

1 Bowdoin college, Brunswick, Me., has never produced a greater poet than Cowper, 1794 

2 Waterville,* Waterville, Me. 1820 

3 Dartmouth, Hanover, N. H. 1769 

4 University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. 1791 

5 Middlebury, Middlebury, Vt. 1800 

6 Norwich University, Norwich, Ct. 1834 

7 Harvard University, Cambridge, Ms. 1638 

8 Williams, Williamstown, Ms. 1793 

9 Amherst, Amherst, Ms. 1821 

10 Holy Cross,§ Worcester, Ms. 1843 

11 Brown University,* Providence, E. I. 1764 

12 Yale, New Haven, Ct. 1700 

13 Trinity,t Hartford, Ct. 1824 

14 Wesleyan University,]: Middletown, Ct. 1831 

15 Columbia,! New York, N. Y. 1824 

16 Union, Schenectady, N. Y. 1795 

17 Hamilton, Clinton, N. Y. 1812 

18 Madison University* Hamilton, N. Y. 1819 

19 Geneva,f Geneva, N. Y. 1823 

20 University of New York, New York, NY. 1831 

21 St. John's,§ Eose Hill, N. Y. 1843 

22 College of New Jersey, Princeton, N. J. ■ 1746 



80 MEMORIA TECHNICA. 

23 Rutgers, • •• New Brunswick, N. J. 1770 

24 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 1755 

25 Dickinson,! Carlisle, Pa. 1783 

26 Jefferson, • Canonsburg, Pa. 1802 

27 Washington, • Washington, Pa. 1806 

28 Alleghany,| Meadville, Pa. 1815 

29 Pennsylvania, Gettysburg, Pa. 1832 

30 Lafayette, Easton, Pa. 1822 

31 Marshall, Mercersburg, Pa. 1836 

32 Western University of Pennsylvania,* • • Pittsburg, Pa. 1819 

33 Delaware, Newark, Del. 1833 

34 St. John's, Annapolis, Md. 1784 

35 St. Mary's,§ Baltimore, Md. 1799 

3Q Mount St. Mary's,§ Emmetsburg, Md. 1830 

57 St. James, Near Hagersown, Md. 1842 

58 Georgetown,! • » • • Georgetown, D. C. 1789 

39 Columbian,* Washington, D. C. 1821 

40 William and Mary's, f Williamsburg, Va. 1693 

41 Harcpden-Sidney, Prince Edward Co., Va. 1783 

42 Washington, ■ Lexington, Va. 1812 

43 University of Virginia, Charlottsville, Va. • 1819 

44 Randcloph-Macon,! Boydton, Va. 1832 

45 Emory and Henry, j Glade Spring, Va. 1839 

46 Rector* Proutytown, Va. 1839 

47 Bethany, Bethany, Va. 1840 

48 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. 1789 

49 Davidson, Mecklenburg Co., N. C. • • • • 1838 

50 Wake Forest, Wake Forest, N. C. 1838 

51 Charleston, Charleston, S. C. 1795 

52 South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. 1804 

53 Franklin, Athens, Ga. 1785 

54 Oglethorpe, Midway, Ga. 1836 

55 Emory! • • Oxford, Ga. 1837 

56 Mercei University,* Penfield, Ga. 

57 Christ College and Episcopal Institute, • -Montpelier, Ga. > 1839 

58 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala, 1828 

59 La Gmnge, La Grange, Ala. 1831 

60 Spring Hffl,§ Spring Hill, Ala. 1830 

61 Centenary,| Brandon Springs, Miss. 1841 

62 Oakland, Oakland, Miss. 1831 

63 Louisiana, Jackson, La. • 1825 

64 St. Charles,§ Grand Coteau, La. 

65 Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, La. 1838 

66 Franklin, Opelousas, La, 1839 

67 Greenville, Greenville, Tenn. 1794 

68 Washington, Washington Co., Tenn. 1794 

69 University of Nashville, Nashville, Tenn. 1806 

70 Franklin, Nashville, Tenn. • • -1844 

71 East Tennessee, • • • Knoxville, Tenn. 1807 

72 Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn. 1825 

73 Jackson, Near Columbia, Tenn. 1830 

74 Transylvania,| Lexington, Ky. 1798 



AKTS AND SCIENCES. 



81 



75 St. Joseph's,§ Bardstown, Ky. • 

76 Centre, Danville, Ky. 

77 Augusta,| Augusta, Ky. 

78 Georgetown * Georgetown, Ky. • 

79 Bacon, Harrodsburg, Ky. 

80 St. Mary's,§ Marion Co., Ky. • ■ 

81 University of Ohio, Athens, Ohio. 

82 Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. 

83 Franklin, New Athens, Ohio. 

84 Western Reserve, Ravenna, Ohio. • • 

85 Kenyon,f Gambier, Ohio. • • 

86 Granville,* Granville, Ohio. • 

87 Marietta, Marietta, Ohio. • • 

88 Oberlin Institute, Oberlin, Ohio. • • • 

89 Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. • 

90 Woodward, Cincinnati, Ohio. • 

91 St. Xavier,§ Cincinnati, Ohio. • 

92 Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio.- • 

93 Indiana University, Bloomington, la. ■ 

94 St. Gabriel's, Vincennes, la. 



95 Madison University. 



South Hanover, la. 



96 Wabash, Crawfordsville, la. 



1819 
1822 

1825 
1829 
1836 
1837 
1821 
1809 
1825 
1826 
1826 
•1832 
•1832 
1834 
1819 

■1831 
• 1844 

•1827 



97 Indiana Asbury Uni 1 

98 Illinois, 



ersity, 



99 Shurtleff* Upper Alton, 111.. • 

100 Knox Manual-Labor, Galesburg, 111. 

101 McKendree, Lebanon, 111. 

102 Jubilee,t ■ Near Peoria, 111. • 

103 University of St. Louis,§ St. Louis, Mo. 

104 Kemper,f St. Louis, Mo. 

105 St. Mary's,§ Barrens, Mo. 

106 Masonic, Marion, Mo. 

107 Missouri University, Columbia, Mo. 

108 St. Charles,§ St. Charles, Mo. • 

109 Fayette, Fayette, Mo. 

110 Michigan University, Ann Arbor, Mich. • 

111 Marshall, Marshall, Mich. • • • 

112 St, Philip's,! Near Detroit, Mich. 



1829 

1833 

• Crawfordsville, la. 1839 

•Jacksonville, 111. 1829 

1835 

1837 

1834 

1839 

1829 



1830 
1831 
1840 
1839 

1837 

1839 



NAMES OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES. 



The following names are introduced here, not only for exercise in memorizing isolated 
words, but with the hope that their perusal may awaken a desire to know their significa- 
tion, in a better knowledge of the arts and sciences to which they relate. 



1 Acoustics. 

2 Aeronautics. 

3 Agriculture. 

4 Alchymy. 

5 Algebra. 

6 Anatomy. 



7 Archery. 

8 Architecture. 

9 Arithmetic. 

10 Astrology. 

11 Astronomy. 

12 Book-keeping. 

11 



13 Botany. 

14 Casuistry. 

15 Chemistry. 

16 Chirography. 

17 Chronology. 

18 Craniology. 



19 Dialectics. 

20 Dialling. 

21 Dynamics. 

22 Electricity. 

23 Elocution. 

24 Entomology. 



82 



MEMORIA TECHNICA. 



25 Ethics. 

26 Etymology. 

27 Galvanism. 

28 Geography. 

29 Geology. 

30 Geometry. 

31 Geoponics. 

32 Grammar. 

33 Gymnastics. 

34 Harmonics. 

35 Horology. 

36 Horticulture. 

37 Hydraulics. 



38 Ichthyology. 

39 Jurisprudence. 

40 Lithography. 

41 Logic. 

42 Magic. 

43 Magnetism. 

44 Mathematics. 

45 Mechanics. 

46 Metaphysics. 

47 Meteorology. 

48 Mineralogy. 

49 Mnemonics. 

50 Music. 



51 Navigation. 

52 Optics. 

53 Ornithology. 

54 Orthoepy. 

55 Orthography. 

56 Osteology. 

57 Pathology. 

58 Pharmacy. 

59 Philology. 

60 Philosophy. 

61 Physic. 

62 Physics. 

63 Physiology. 



64 Pneumatics. 

65 Politics. 

66 Rhetoric. 

67 Sculpture. 

68 Statistics. 

69 Stenography. 

70 Surgery. 

71 Tactics. 

72 Theology. 

73 Topography. 

74 Trigonometry. 

75 Typography. 

76 Zoology. 



EXERCISES IN COMMITTING SHORT SENTENCES. 



1 Actions speak louder than words. 

2 All is not gold that glistens. 

3 A straw shows which way the wind blows. 

4 A burned child dreads the fire. 

5 A drowning man will catch at a straw. 

6 A friend in need is a friend indeed. 

7 A rolling stone gathers no moss. 

8 A good conscience is the best friend. 

9 A word to the wise is sufficient. 

10 Beauty is a blossom, and no inheritance. 

11 Better suffer wrong than do wrong. 

12 Better felt than seen or said. 

13 Better bend than break. 

14 Bought wit is best, if not bought too dear. 

15 Better late than never. 

16 Circumstances alter cases. 

17 Children and fools speak the truth. 

18 Evil to him who evil thinks. 

19 Every thing is beautiful in its season. 

20 Great men are not always wise. 

21 Great bodies move slow. 

22 Honesty is the best policy. 

23 Haste makes waste. 

24 Know thyself. 

25 Look before you leap. 



26 Least said, soonest mended. 

27 Necessity knows no law. 

28 No man is wise at all hours. 

29 Practice makes perfect. 

30 Think twice before you speak once. 

31 They that know nothing fear nothing. 

32 Time and tide wait for no man. 

33 To err is human ; to forgive, divine. 

34 The truth is not always to be told. 

35 Time is the devourer of all things. 

36 The darkest time is just before day. 

37 Union is strength. 

38 What man has done, man may do. 

39 We are spirits clad in veils. 

40 A place for every thing, and every thing 

in its place. 

41 A penny saved is as good as a penny 

earned. 

42 Contentment crowns where fortune frowns. 

43 Drive your business, and not let your 

business drive you. 

44 Early to bed and early to rise 

Is the way to be healthy, wealthy and wise. 

45 Hearts may agree, though heads may 

differ. 



These proverbs are beautifully commented on in a work recently published, called 
" Common and Scripture Proverbs examined," by William Porter. 



EXERCISES IN MEMORY. 83 

EXERCISES IN COMMITTING LONGER SENTENCES. 

[From " Gems of Wisdom."] 

1 A divided family can no more stand than a divided commonwealth. 

2 A fault once denied, is twice committed. 

3 A fool loseth his estate before he finds his folly. 

4 A good man can never be miserable, nor a wicked man happy. 

5 A guilty conscience never thinketh itself safe. 

6 A jest driven too far, brings home hate or scorn. 

7 A joke never gains over an enemy, but often loses a friend. 

8 A little wrong done to another, is a great wrong done to ourselves. 

9 A man that keeps riches, and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold, and 

eats thistles. 

10 A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. 

1 1 A wise man's thoughts walk within him, but a fool's without him. 

12 A wise man makes all his passions subservient to his reason. 

13 All fools are not knaves, but all knaves are fools. 

14 An atheist has got one point beyond the devils; for they believe and tremble. 

15 As a wise child maketh a happy father, so a wise father maketh a happy child. 

16 As you are never sure of an hour, never squander away a minute. 

17 At the gate which suspicion enters, love goes out. 

18 A solitary life hath no charms for an ambitious mind. 

19 Avarice is always poor, but poor by her own fault. 

20 A good life does not silence calumny, but it certainly disarms it. 

21 A man that has no virtue in himself, envieth it in others. 

22 A wise man endeavors to shine in himself, a fool to outshine others. 

23 A gentle reply to scurrilous language is the most severe revenge. 

24 Be a friend to thyself, and others will be so too. 

25 Be lively, but not light ; solid, but not sad. 

26 Better is a portion in a wife than with a wife. 

27 Better have an old man to humor, than a young rake to break your heart. 

28 Breaking your faith, may gain you riches, but never get you glory. 

29 By others' faults wise men correct their own. 

30 Children have wide ears and long tongues. 

31 Cleanliness is both decent and advantageous. 

32 Confine your tongue, or else it will confine you. 

33 Covetous and envious men are never at rest. 

34 Craft must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked. 

35 Death hath nothing terrible in it, but what life hath made so. 

36 Debt is the worst poverty. 

37 Delight in and frequent the company of good men. 

38 Do good with what thou hast, or it will do thee no good. 

39 Do nothing to-day that you will repent of to-morrow. 

40 Every fool can find faults that a great many wise men can't remedy. 

41 Every moment of time is a monument of mercy. 

42 Experience is the best adviser, but it is better to learn by others than our own. 

43 Fear may keep a man out of danger, but courage only can support him in it. 

44 Few envy the merit of others that have any of their own. 

45 Fools may sometimes give wise men counsel. 

46 Forget your own good deeds, but not another's. 

47 Galled horses can't endure the comb. 

48 Good jests bite like lambs, not like dogs. 



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49 Good men are happy both in life and death ; the wicked in neither. 

50 Good works will never save you, but you can never be saved without them. 

51 He declares himself guilty, who justifies himself before accusation. 

52 He is unworthy to live, who lives only for himself. 

53 He that finds a thing, steals it if he endeavors not to restore it. 

54 He that makes himself an ass, must not take it ill if men ride him. 

55 He that hinders not a mischief when it is in his power, is guilty of it. 

56 He that walks only by the light of nature, walks in darkness. 

57 He that is little in his own eyes, will not be troubled to be thought so in others. 

58 He that is slothful in his work, is brother to him that is a great waster. 

59 He that scoffs at the crooked, had need go very upright himself. 

60 He that has revenge in his power, and does not use it, is the greater man. 

61 He that always complains is never pitied. 

62 Honesty is more commended than practised. 

63 Hypocritical piety is double iniquity. 

64 I envy the happiness of none, because I am contented with my own. 

65 If favors place a man above his equals, his fall places him below them. 

66 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. 

67 If you can say no good, say no ill, of your neighbors. 

68 If you would be little in temptation, be much in prayer. 

69 It is a common plea of wickedness to call temptation destiny. 

70 It is better to reconcile an enemy than to conquer him. 

71 It is common, says Tacitus, to esteem most what is most unknown. 

72 It is safer to be humble with one talent than to be proud with ten. 

73 Keep your shop, and your shop will keep you. 

74 Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man. 

75 Learning is preferable to riches, and virtue to both. 

76 Let reason go before every enterprise, and counsel before action. 

77 Liberality is not giving largely, but giving wisely. 

78 Life is half spent before we know what it is. 

79 Listeners hear no good of themselves. 

80 Love thy friend with all his faults : none are without imperfections. 

81 Make choice of your wife by the ears, not the eyes. 

82 Make other men's shipwrecks thy sea-marks. 

83 Men may blush to hear what they were not ashamed to do. 

84 Men take less care of their conscience than their reputation. 

85 Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness commonly successful. 

86 More credit can be thrown down in a moment, than can be built in an age. 

87 Most men employ their first years so as to make their last miserable. 

88 Neither look out far for troubles, nor be wholly unprovided for them. 

89 Never accuse others to excuse thyself. 

90 Never carry a sword in your tongue to wound the reputation of any man. 

9 1 Never do that in prosperity whereof you may repent in adversity. 

92 Next my friends, I love my enemies ; for from them I first hear of my faults. 

93 No people can be great, who have ceased to be virtuous. 

94 Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome. 

95 One bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 

96 One good head is better than a great many hands. 

97 One often repents of saying too much, but seldom of saying too little- 

98 Only good and wise men can be friends ; others are but companions. 

99 Omission of good is a commission of evil. 

100 Our remembering an injury often does us more hurt than receiving it. 



SCRIPTURAL PROVERBS. 85 

SCRIPTURAL PROVERBS. 

1 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children. — Prov. 13 : 22. 

2 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband. — Prov. 12:4. 

3 A wise son maketh a glad father. — Prov. 10 : 1, 

4 A good man shall be satisfied from himself. — Prov. 14 : 14. 

5 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. — Prov. 25 : 25. 

6 A soft answer turneth away wrath. — Prov. 15:1. 

7 A merry heart doeth good like medicine. — Prov. 17 : 22. 

8 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city. — Prov. 18 : 19. 

9 A false balance is not good. — Prov. 20 : 23. 

10 A wise man is strong ; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. — Prov. 24 : 5. 

11 Buy the truth, and sell it not. — Prov. 23 : 23. 

12 Boast not thyself of to-morrow. — Prov. 27 : 1. 

13 Before honor is humility. — Prov. 15 : 33. 

14 Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right. — Prov. 16:8. 

15 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way. — Prov. 15 : 10. 

16 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their 

fathers. — Prov. 17 : 6. 

17 Death and life are in the power of the tongue. — Prov. 18 : 21. 

18 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful. — Prov. 14: 13. 

19 He that winneth souls is wise. — Prov. 21 : 30. 

20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise. — Prov. 13 : 20. 

21 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding. — Prov. 14: 29. 

22 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker. — Prov. 14: 31. 

23 He that spareth his rod hateth his son. — Prov. 13 : 24. 

24 I love them that love me ; and those that seek me early shall find me. — Prov. 8 : 17. 

25 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin. — Prov. 10 : 19. 

26 In the multitude of counsellors there is safety. — Prov. 11 : 14. 

27 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth. — Prov. 27 : 2. 

28 Righteousness exalteth a nation. — Prov. 14:34. 

29 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. — Prov, 9 : 17. 

30 The hand of the diligent maketh rich. — Prov. 10 : 4. 

31 The memory of the just is blessed. — Prov. 10 : 7. 

32 The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and addeth no sorrow with it. — 

Prov. 10 : 22. 

33 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished. — Prov. 11 : 21. 

34 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule. — Prov. 12 : 24. 

35 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man ; but the end thereof are the ways 

of death. — Prov. 14:12. 

36 The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life. — Prov. 14: 27. 

37 The righteous hath hope in his death. — Prov. 14 : 32. 

38 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. — 

Prov. 16:31. 

39 There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. — Prov. 18 : 24. 

40 The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord. — Prov. 20 : 27. 

41 The glory of young men is their strength. — Prov. 20 : 27. 

42 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. — 

Prov. 21:3. 

43 The prudent man looketh well to his going. — Prov. 14 : 15. 

44 When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace 

with him. — Prov. 16:7. 



86 MEM0RIA TECHNICS. 

ELEMENTS OF PHRENOLOGY, 

ACCORDING TO O. S. FOWLER. 

NUMBER AND DEFINITION OF THE ORGANS. 

1 Amativeness. Sexual and connubial love. 

2 Philoprogenitiveness. Parental love. 

3 Adhesiveness. Friendship — sociability. 
A Union for Life. Love of one only. 

4 Inhabitiveness. Love of home — patriotism. 

5 Continuity. Completion — one thing at a time. 

6 Combativeness. Resistance — defence. 

7 Destructiveness. Executiveness — force. 

8 Alimentiveness. Appetite — hunger. 

9 Acquisitiveness. Frugality — accumulation. 

10 Secretiveness. Policy — management. 

11 Cautiousness. Prudence — provision. 

12 Approbativeness. Ambition — display. 

13 Self-Esteem. Self-respect and confidence — dignity. 

14 Firmness. Decision — perseverance. 

15 Conscientiousness. Justice — equity. 

16 Hope. Expectation — enterprise. 

17 Spirituality. Intuition — prescience — spiritual revery — - communion with God. 

18 Veneration. Devotion — worship — respect. 

19 Benevolence. Kindness — goodness. 

20 Constructiveness. Mechanical ingenuity. 

21 Ideality. Refinement — taste — purity. 
B Sublimity. Love of grandeur. 

22 Imitation. Copying — patterning. 

23 Mirthfulness. Jocoseness — wit — fun. 

24 Individuality. Observation. 

25 Form. Recollection of shape. 

26 Size. Measuring by the eye. 

27 Weight. Balancing — climbing. 

28 Color. Judgment of colors. 

29 Order. Method — system — arrangement. 

30 Calculation. Mental arithmetic. 

31 Locality. Recollection of places. 

32 Eventuality. Memory of facts. 

33 Time. Cognizance of duration. 

34 Tune. Music — melody by the ear. 

35 Language. Expression of ideas. 

36 Causality. Applying causes to effects. 

37 Comparison. Inductive reasoning. 

C Human Nature. Perception of motives. 
D Agreeableness. Pleasantness — suavity. 



PROSE. 87 



THE MEMORY OF PROSE AND POETRY. 

In memorizing prose and poetry, we should carefully read the piece to be committed 
until it is thoroughly understood, marking well the rhetorical figures or imagery, the 
harmony or irregularity of the sentences, and then proceed to memorize without the aid 
of any other rules than those which will be suggested at the time. But if it occurs, that 
one has a long piece to commit in a short time, and especially if there be parts of it 
which are hard to commit, the following rules will afford much assistance ; and which 
we recommend, from our own experience, as a time-saving measure. When the piece 
is properly separated into lines as the sense suggests, proceed to establish a relation 
between each line, and the symbol which corresponds in number to the line. The 
symbol then becomes a counter-prompter, by which each sentence or line can be called 
up whenever its counter-prompter is named. Take the following paragraph as an 
example : — 

"As the vine, which has long twined its graceful foliage round the oak, and been lifted 
by it into sunshine, will, when the hardy plant is riven by the thunderbolt, cling around 
it with its caressing tendrils, binding up its shattered boughs ; so is it beautifully ordered 
by Providence, that woman, who is a mere dependent and ornament of man in his hap- 
pier hours, should be his stay and solace when smitten with sudden calamity, winding 
herself into the rugged recesses of his nature, tenderly supporting the drooping head, and 
binding up the broken heart." — Irving. 

ANALYZED. 

1. As the vine, which has long twined its graceful foliage round the oak, Gig, 

2. and been lifted by it into sunshine, Cricket, 

3. will, Urn, 

4. Avhen the hardy plant is riven by the thunderbolt, Banner, 

5. cling around it with its caressing tendrils, Girdle, 

6. binding up the shattered boughs ; Judge, 

7. so is it beautifully ordered by Providence, that woman, Dog", 

8. who is the mere dependent and ornament of man in his happier hours, Cane, 

9. should be his stay and solace when smitten with sudden calamity, Puma, 

10. winding herself into the rugged recesses of his nature, Chair, 

11. tenderly supporting the drooping head, Quail 5 

12. and binding up the broken heart. Quack. 



We know it will be said by the objector, " I see no relation between the lines and the 
symbols." This is granted, and fictitious relations must be formed. A fictitious relation 
is equally as impressive as a philosophical one ; and often, as all experience will testify, 
the more ludicrous the more impressive. 

It is only necessary to associate some leading word or idea in the line, with the 
prompter. Thus, in the first line, make it an oak gig ; in the second, lift the cricket into 
sunshine ; in the third, place "will" on the urn; in the fourth, shiver the banner all to 
pieces with the thunderbolt ; in the fifth, let the girdle cling around like caressing ten- 
drils ; in the sixth, let the judge bind up and set right the shattered boughs ; in the 
seventh, let the beautiful ordination of Providence suggest to us how we are provided 
with harmless, domestic animals, like the watchful and affectionate dog ; in the eighth, we 
have suggested to us that some wear a cane, from dependence, and some for an orna- 
ment ; in the ninth, we have suggested that man is liable to be leaped upon by some 
sudden calamity, like the voracious puma; in the tenth, woman is represented as offer- 
ing more solace than an easy or dozing chair ; in the eleventh, she is treating him 



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tenderly, as we must the timid quail; and in the twelfth line, unlike the attempts of a 
quack, she is really binding up the broken heart. 

Now at all this we expect some will sneer ; while others will enter heartily into it, 
and by its aid save much valuable time. If they are to commit a long piece, merely for 
declamation or otherwise, by bringing the imagination into exercise in this way, they 
will increase the vividness of the impression on their retentive faculties, and thereby aid 
the memory. It is the result, then, that finally remains, while all that is ludicrous or 
uncongenial with the most refined mental culture escapes from the mind. 

Poetry. — The same plan should be pursued in memorizing poetry, which is already 
divided into lines. If it be in couplets, the similarity of sound in the terminating words 
makes the two lines almost the same to the memory as if they were but one, the one 
being a prompter to the recollection of the other ; but when, as in the following example, 
no aid is derived from similar sounds in the terminations, a prompting symbol should be 
employed for each line. 

1 " Oh ! how canst thou renounce the boundless store 

2 Of bliss, that nature to her votary yields ! 

3 The warbling woodlands, the resounding shore, 

4 The pomp of groves, the garniture of fields ; 

5 All that the genial ray of morning gilds, 

6 And all that echoes to the breath of even ; 

7 All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, 

8 And all the dread magnificence of heaven, — 

9 Oh ! how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ! " 

While, on the other hand, those beautiful lines of Addison, although more than fifty in 
number, will be remembered best by making the different topics of thought the only 
prompters. 

" When all thy mercies, my God ! 
My rising soul surveys, 
Transported with the view, I 'm lost 
In wonder, love, and praise." 

Rhyming has long been employed as a means of aiding the memory. How many, for 
example, have recurred the hundredth time to the following lines, to determine the num- 
ber of days in each month I 

" Thirty days hath September, 
April, June, and November ; 
February hath twenty-eight alone, 
And all the rest have thirty-one ; 
Except in leap year, then in fine, 
February's days are twenty-nine." 

Dr. Watts gives it as his opinion, that many a person has preserved himself from 
gluttony, and the pains and diseases consequent upon it, by having the following senti- 
ment placed in rhyme : — 

" To be easy all night, 
Let your supper be light ; 
Or else you '11 complain 
Of a stomach in pain." 



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POETRY. 89 

The following grammatical couplets should be committed by every child into whose 
hand this book may fall. If symbols be resorted to, only one should be employed for 
two lines : — 

1. " Three little words we often see, 
Are Articles, a, an, and the. 

2. Adjectives tell the kind of noun, 
As great, small, pretty, white or brown. 

3. A Noun's the name of any thing, 
As school or garden, hoop or swing. 

4. Instead of nouns the Pronouns stand, 
John's head, his face, my arm, your hand. 

5. Verbs tell of something being done, 

To read, write, count, sing, jump, or run. 

6. How things are done the Adverbs tell, 
As slowly, quickly, ill, or well. 

7. Conjunctions join the words together, 
As men and women, wind or weather. 

8. The Preposition stands before 
A noun — as in or through a door. 

9. The Interjection shows surprise, 
As oh 1 how pretty ! ah ! how wise ! 

The whole are called nine Parts of Speech, 
Which reading, writing, speaking, teach." 

The same style of rhyming is here introduced, not only for its use as an exercise, but 
for the sake of making all who will encounter the small labor of committing it, familiar 
with the name, order, and character of the several books of the Bible. 

Books of the Bible. 

In Genesis the world was made by God's creative hand ; 
In Exodus the Hebrews marched to gain the Promised Land ; 
Leviticus contains the law, holy, and just, and good ; 
Numbers records the tribes enrolled — all sons of Abraham's blood. 
Moses, in Deuteronomy, recounts God's mighty deeds ; 
Brave Joshua into Canaan's land the host of Israel leads. 
In Judges their rebellion oft provokes the Lord to smite, 
But Ruth records the faith of one well pleasing in his sight. 
In First and Second Samuel of Jesse's son we read, 
Ten tribes in First and Second Kings revolted from his seed. 
The First and Second Chronicles see Judah captive made ; 
But Ezra leads a remnant back by princely Cyrus' aid. 
The city walls of Zion Nehemiah builds again, 
While Esther saves her people from plots of wicked men. 
In Job we read how faith will live beneath affliction's rod, 
And David's Psalms are precious songs to every child of God. 
The Proverbs like a goodly string of choicest pearls appear ; 
Ecclesiastes teaches men how vain are all things here. 
The mystic Song of Solomon exalts sweet Sharon's Rose ; 
While Christ the Saviour and the King the " rapt Isaiah " shows. 
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The warning Jeremiah — apostate Israel scorns ; 

His plaintive lamentations their awful downfall mourns. 

Ezekiel tells in wondrous words of dazzling mysteries ; 

While kings and empires yet to come Daniel in vision sees. 

Of judgment and of mercy Hosea loves to tell ; 

Joel describes the blessed days when God with man shall dwell. 

Among Tekoa's herdsmen Amos received his call ; 

While Obadiah prophesies of Edom's final fall. 

Jonah enshrines a wondrous type of Christ our risen Lord ; 

Micah pronounces Judah lost — lost, but again restored ; 

Nahum declares on Nineveh just judgment shall be poured. 

A view of Chaldea's coming doom Habakkuk's visions give ; 

Next Zephaniah warns the Jews to turn, repent, and live. 

Haggai wrote to those who saw the temple built again, 

And Zechariah prophesied of Christ's triumphant reign. 

Malachi was the last who touched the high prophetic chord ; 

Its final notes sublimely show " the coming of the Lord." 

Matthew, and Mark, and Luke, and John, the holy Gospels wrote, 

Describing how the Saviour died, his life, and all he taught. 

Acts prove how God the apostles owned with signs in every place ; 

St. Paul, in Romans, teaches us how man is saved by grace. 

The apostle, in Corinthians, instructs, exhorts, reproves ; 

Galatians shows that faith in Christ alone the Father loves. 

Ephesians and Philippians tell what Christians ought to be ; 

Colossians bids us live to God and for eternity. 

In Thessalonians we are taught the Lord will come from heaven ; 

In Timothy and Titus a bishop's rule is given. 

Philemon marks a Christian's love, which only Christians know ; 

Hebrews reveals the Gospel prefigured by the law ; 

James teaches without holiness faith is but vain and dead ; 

St. Peter points the narrow way in which the saints are led. 

John in his three epistles on love delights to dwell ; 

St. Jude gives awful warning of judgment, wrath, and hell. 

And Revelation prophesies of that tremendous scene 

When Christ the Judge shall come to sit upon his throne. 

The following lines will be committed sooner by the aid of symbols : — 
At Home, Sweet Home. 

When burns the fireside brightest, 

Cheering the social breast, 
Where beats the fond heart lightest, 

Its humble hopes possessed ? 
Where is the hour of sadness 

With meek-eyed patience borne ? — 
Worth more than those of gladness, 

Which mirth's gay cheeks adorn ? — 
Pleasure is marked with fleetness 

To those who ever roam, 
While grief itself has sweetness 

At home — sweet home ! 



FIGURES. 91 



There blend the ties that strengthen 

Our hearts in hours of grief — 
The silver links that lengthen 

Joy's visits when most brief: 
There, eyes, in all their splendor, 

Are vocal to the heart ; 
And glances, bright and tender, 

Fresh eloquence impart. 
Then dost thou sigh for pleasure ? 

Oh ! do not wildly roam, 
But seek that hidden treasure 

At home — sweet home ! 

Does pure religion charm thee, 

Far more than aught below ? 
Would 'st thou that she should arm thee 

Against the hour of woe ? 
Her dwelling is not only 

In temples built for prayer ; 
For home itself is lonely, 

Unless her smiles be there : 
Wherever we may wander, 

'T is all in vain we roam, 
If worshipless her altar 

At home — sweet home ! 



THE MEMORY OF FIGURES. 

The memorizing of isolated or great sums of figures should be regarded as an intel- 
lectual amusement, rather than as serving a very practical purpose. Those lecturers 
who have displayed upon a black-board the " ratio of the diameter to the circum- 
ference of the circle," as a demonstration of the adaptation of mnemonic rules to 
mathematics, have only aimed to awaken the marvellous, raise hopes for disappointment, 
and take the people's money on false pretences. As soon as any one learns the figure 
alphabet, or numerical key, words can be substituted for figures, and made into sentences, 
in a way that will not only enable one to replace a long list of figures, when they have 
been removed from the black-board, but to tell the numerical order of each figure, calling 
it by name. Any piece of prose or poetry which may have been committed, can be 
converted into figures the hundredth time, by which an apparent show is made of a great 
memory of figures, and " adaptation to mathematics," as well as in the ratio of the diame- 
ter. How far mnemonic rules can be made to aid in retaining propositions in some of 
the higher branches of mathematics, we will not pretend to determine ; and while we 
would object to having unprincipled lecturers bring mnemonic rules into disrepute, by 
claiming too much for them, we would not object to the memorizing of figures merely as 
an exercise. 

ratio of the diameter to the circumference of the circle. 

The following Ratio of the Diameter should be converted into letters and words, and 
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series, each succeeding series will begin with the 10, 20, 30, and so on; so that, if the 
series can be remembered, each figure in the series can be determined by decomposing 
the sentence, and translating it into figures. Any one who will take the trouble to make 
indicating sentences to fit the 15 series, can not only remember all the following figures, 
but answer correctly when the figure standing against any of the following numbers is 
called for. 

As 3 is to 9, or as 7 is to 21, so is the diameter to the circumference of the circle — but 
there is an allowance to be made, as the mechanics say, because of the impossibility of 
making a perfect circle, so that they oftener say 3 times 7 are 22 than otherwise. The 
following figures are the fractional parts of an inch, foot, or yard, as the case may be : 



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7 

100 


9 

101 


8 

102 


2 

103 


1 

104 


4 

105 


8 

106 




107 


8 

108 


6 

109 


5 

110 


1 

111 


3 

112 


2 

113 


8 

114 


2 

115 


3 

116 




117 


6 

118 


6 

119 


4 

120 


7 

121 


O 

122 


9 

123 


3 

124 


8 

125 


4 

126 


4 

127 


6 

128 


O 

129 


9 

130 


5 

131 


5 

132 




133 


5 

134 


8 

135 


2 

136 


2 

137 


3 

138 


1 

139 


7 

140 



253594081284802 

HI 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 

Examples. — My dear tall Benny is in jail ! — 3.14159265. 

My love, /beg, bemoan the move — 3589793238. 



APPENDIX A 



LIST OF INDICATING WORDS. 



The learner by this time sees, that, in applying this system to the daily occurrences of 
life, he will have occasion for supplying many indicating words. He will, however, find 
no difficulty in this, after a little practice. To afford some facilities to new beginners, we 
have arranged a list of words from which selections may be made, until it is found easier 
to compose a word than to look for it here. 

It will be seen that we have given but one word to a number. We recommend that 
the student should see how many others he can supply for each of the given numbers. 
This exercise will make one familiar with words, and also with word-making. 

In composing indicating words, we not unfrequently find it easier to take two words of 
one syllable than one word of two or more syllables ; in the former case, the first word 
should be an adjective, and the last a noun. 

When it is not convenient to compose a word or phrase that will express all the figures 
of a date, it should not be overlooked, that many dates are as well understood without 
representing the figure 1 by a consonant-sound ; thus, — 

The Florida war begun by a quarrel with one family, 1835. 



1 Tea. 

2 Inn. 

3 May. 

4 Ray. 

5 Lie. 

6 Shoe. 

7 Cow. 

8 Foe. 

9 Pew. 

10 Dice. 

11 Tide. 

12 Tune. 

13 Time. 

14 Tear. 

15 Dial. 

16 Ditch. 

17 Deck. 

18 Dove. 

19 Type. 

20 News. 

21 Note. 

22 Nun. 

23 Name. 

24 Nero. 

25 Nail. 

26 Hinge. 

27 Ink. 

28 Knife. 

29 Nap. 

30 Muse. 

31 Mote. 

32 Moon. 

33 Mummy. 

34 Mary. 

35 Mail. 

36 Image. 



37 Mug. 


73 Comb. 


38 Muff. 


74 Crew. 


39 Map. 


75 Gale. 


40 Rose. 


76 Cash. 


41 Riot. 


77 Cake. 


42 Rain. 


78 Calf. 


43 Rum. 


79 Cap. 


44 Error. 


80 Face 


45 Rail. 


81 Foot. 


46 Rage. 


82 Fan. 


47 Rug. 


83 Fame. 


48 Roof. 


84 Fire. 


49 Rope. 


85 Veil. 


50 Hills. 


86 Fish. 


51 Light. 


87 Fog. 


52 Lion. 


88 Fife. 


53 Lime. 


89 Fop. 


54 Liar. 


90 Bees. 


55 Lily. 


91 Bud. 


56 Ledge. 


92 Bone. 


57 Lock. 


93 Beam. 


58 Leaf. 


94 Pair. 


59 Lip. 


95 Pail. 


60 Cheese. 


96 Peach. 


61 Jade. 


97 Book 


62 Gin. 


98 Beef. 


63 Gem. 


99 Pipe. 


64 Chair. 


100 Disease. 


65 Shell. , 


101 Deist. 


66 Judge. 


102 Design. 


67 Chalk. 


103 Deism. 


68 Sheaf. 


104 Teaser. 


69 Chip. 


105 Dazzle. 


70 Geese. 


106 Wood sage 


71 Kite. 


107 Desk. 


72 Cane. 


108 Adhesive. 



109 Disobey. 

110 Dates. 

111 Edited. 

112 Tighten. 

113 Diadem. 

114 Daughter. 

115 Detail. 

116 Dotage. 

117 Idiotic. 

118 Dative. 

119 Dye- tub. 

120 Witness. 

121 Dandy. 

122 Eighty-nine. 

123 Athenseum. 

124 Dinner. 

125 Tunnel. 

126 Tonnage. 

127 Tongue. 

128 Do enough. 

129 Danube. 

130 Times. 

131 Timed. 

132 Domain. 

133 Thummin. 

134 Tumor. 

135 Wood-mill. 

136 Damage. 

137 Time-kev. 

138 Tame foe. 

139 Damp. 

140 Address 

141 Dart. 

142 Thorn. 

143 Dram. 

144 Terror. 



145 Trial. 

146 Torch. 

147 Door-key. 

148 Turf. 

149 Trap. 

150 Hotels. 

151 Daylight. 

152 Outline. 

153 Dilemma. 

154 Dollar. 

155 Delilah. 

156 Deluge. 

157 Wedlock. 

158 Twelve. 

159 Tulip. 

160 Dishes. 

161 Digit. 

162 Addition. 

1 63 Dodge 'em. 

164 Teacher. 

165 Die in jail. 

166 Adjudge. 

167 Woodchuck. 

168 Dashy foe. 

169 Toy-shop. 

170 Tax. 

171 Ticket. 

172 Token. 

1 73 Dogma. 

174 Tiger. 

175 Wood-coal. 

176 Thick Jew. 

177 Woodcock. 

178 Dog foe. 

179 Tea-cup. 

180 Advice. 



181 Defeat. 

182 Divine. 

183 Defame. 

184 Devour. 

185 Hateful. 

186 White fish. 

187 White fog. 

190 Tvpes. 

191 Debate. 

192 Deepen. 

193 Dav-beam. 

194 Dipper. 

195 Table. 

196 Debauchee. 

197 Tobacco. 

198 Typify. 

199 White baby. 

200 Noses. 

201 Nest. 

202 Unison. 

203 Unseam. 

204 Answer. 

205 Nicely. 

206 New sage. 

207 Nosegav. 

208 Unsafe.' 

209 News-boy. 

210 Hands. 

211 Wounded. 

212 Wanton. 

213 Anthem. 

214 Endure. 

215 Neatly. 

216 Ni.o-ht- watch. 

217 Indigo. 

218 Notify. 



94 



MEMORIA TECHNICA. 



219 Hand-bow. 

220 Nouns. 

221 Noonday. 

222 Unknown. 

223 New name. 

224 Nunnery. 

225 New nail. 

226 New notch. 
228 Nineveh. 

230 Enemies. 

231 Inmate. 

232 Inhuman. 

233 No ma'am. 

234 Namer. 

235 Animal. 

236 New match. 

237 New mug. 

238 New muff. 

239 New map. 

240 Honors. 

241 New word. 

242 New urn. 

243 New rum. 

244 Narrower. 

245 Enrol. 

246 Nourish. 

247 An arch v. 

248 Nerve. 

249 New rope. 

250 Nails. 

251 New lead. 

252 New lion. 

253 New lamb. 

254 Nailer. 

255 New lily. 

256 Knowledge. 

257 New luck. 

258 New leaf. 

259 New lobby. 

260 Hinges. 

261 New shot. 

262 Engine. 

263 New shame. 

264 Nature. 

265 Angel. 

266 New judge. 

267 New shock. 



268 New sheaf. 

269 New ship. 

270 New case. 

271 Naked. 

272 New gun. 

273 Income. 

274 Hunger. 

275 Angle. 

276 Engage. 

277 New cook. 

278 New cough. 

279 New cap. 

280 Knives. 

281 Unfit. 

282 Uneven. 

283 Infamy. 

284 Unfair. 

285 Novel. 

286 New fish. 

287 New fig. 

288 New fife. 

289 New fop. 

290 New bees. 

291 New boot. 

292 New pin. 

293 New boom. 

294 Neighbor. 

295 Noble. 

296 Napish. 

297 New book. 

298 New beef. 

299 Nabob. 

300 Almshouse. 

301 Mast. 

302 Mason. 

303 Miasma. 

304 Miser. 

305 Missal. 

306 Message. 

307 Music. 

308 Massive. 

309 Mishap. 

310 Mad-house. 

311 Mid-day. 

312 Mutton. 

313 Medium. 

314 Mother. 



315 Metal. 

316 Moodish. 

317 Emetic. 

318 Motive. 

319 Meat-pie. 

320 Means. 

321 Monday. 

322 Minion. 

323 My name. 

324 Minor. 

325 Manly. 

326 Manage. 

327 Monkey. 

328 My knife. 

329 Man or boy. 

330 Mummies. 

331 Mammoth. 

332 Mammon. 

333 My mamma. 

334 Memory. 

335 Mammalia. 

336 Mummish. 

337 Mimic. 

338 My muff. 

339 Mump. 

340 Mercy. 

341 Married. 

342 Moiu-n. 

343 Mawworm. 

344 Mirror. 

345 Moral. 

346 Marriage. 

347 Mark. 

348 Morphia. 

349 My robe. 

350 Malice. 

351 Melt. 

352 Million. 

353 Mv loom. 

354 Miller. 

355 Mole-hill. 

356 Militia. 

357 Milky. 

358 Mellify. 

359 Mill-boy. 

360 Matches. 

361 Matched. 



362 Motion. 

363 My shame. 

364 Major. 

365 Mutual. 

366 My judge. 

367 Magic. 

368 My chief. 

369 My shop. 

370 Mix. 

371 Maggot, 

372 Mahogany. 

373 Mav game. 

374 Maker. 

375 Mingle. 

376 Muggish. 

377 My cook. 

378 My calf. 

379 Magpie. 

380 Muffs. 

381 My foot. 

382 Muffin. 

383 My fame. 

384 Mover. 

385 Muffle. 

386 May fish. 

387 Move or go. 

388 My fife. 

389 Move a boy. 

390 Impose. 

391 Empty. 

392 Moping. 

393 Embalm. 

394 Impure. 

395 Maple. 

396 Impeach. 

397 Humbug. 

398 Mav puff. 

399 Imbibe. 

400 Roses. 

401 Arrest. 

402 Reason. 

403 Resume. 

404 Razor. 

405 Rose-hill. 

406 Horse-shoe. 

407 Rescue. 

408 Receive. 



409 Rasp. 

410 Words. 

411 Irritate. 

412 Harden 

413 Redeem. 

414 Order. 

415 Riddle. 

416 Radish. 

417 Heretic. 

418 Ratify. 

419 Orthoepy. 

420 Horns. 

421 Earned. 

422 Renown. 

423 Uranium. 

424 Runner. 

425 Runnel. 

426 Orange. 

427 Rank. 

428 Run off. 

429 Rainbow. 

430 Rooms. 

431 Remedy. 

432 Remain. 

433 Arm to me. 

434 Rumor. 

435 Warmly. 

436 Rummage. 

437 Re-make. 

438 Remove. 

439 Romp. 

440 Warriors. 

441 Reward. 

442 Hero run. 

443 Rare May. 

444 Roarer. 

445 Rural. 

446 Arrearage. 

447 Hierarchy. 

448 Rarify. 

449 Rare ripe. 

450 Rails. 

451 World. 

452 Ruling. 

453 Realm. 

454 Ruler. 

455 Rail and lie. 



456 Relish. 

457 Relic. 

458 Relief. 

459 Hair-lip. 

460 Riches. 

461 Wretched. 

462 Oration. 

463 Hero chum. 

464 Archer. 

465 Rochelle. 

466 Hero-judge. 

467 Re-shake. 

468 Rich foe. 

469 Worship. 

470 Rocks. 

471 Rocket. 

472 Reckon. 

473 Requiem. 

474 Require. 

475 Regale. 

476 Roguish. 

477 Rye-cake. 

478 Hero's cough. 

479 War- cap. 

480 Refuse. 

481 Arrived. 

482 Raven. 

483 Hero's fame. 

484 River. 

485 Rival. 

486 Refuge. 

487 Revoke. 

488 Revive. 

489 Wry fop. 

490 Harps. 

491 Orbit. 

492 Repine. 

493 Rehoboam. 

494 Robber. 

495 Rebel. 

496 Rubbish. 

497 Rebuke. 

498 Rebuff. 

499 Ripe pea. 

500 Losses. 
600 Cheeses. 
700 Guesses. 



1200 Dunces. 

1201 Density. 

1202 Denizen. 

1203 Heathenism 

1204 Dancer. 

1205 Tinsel. 

1207 Tin sack. 

1208 Tin sieve. 

1210 Tents. 

1211 Dented. 

1212 Taunton. 

1214 Tender. 

1215 Dwindle. 

1216 Tin dish. 

1217 Authentic. 

1218 Identify. 

1219 Tin type. 

1220 Athenians. 



1223 Tin name. 

1224 Dine near. 

1225 Tin nail. 

1231 Tin mouth. 

1232 Tinman. 
1234 Done more. 
1240 Donors. 

1243 Tin- worm. 

1244 Itinerary. 
1248 Teneriffe. 
1250 Toneless. 
1252 EthanAllen, 

1259 Dunlap. 

1260 Tenacious. 

1261 Tinged. 

1262 Donation. 
1264 Danger. 

1 269 Township. 



1270 Thanks. 
1272 Duncan. 

1274 Tinker. 

1275 Dingle. 
1277 Dun cake. 

1285 Downfall. 

1286 Dun fish. 
1291 Down-bed. 

1294 Dunbar. 

1295 Tenable. 

1301 Utmost. 

1302 Thomson. 
1305 Damsel. 

1310 Woodmites 

1311 Admitted. 
1314 Diameter. 
1320 Ottomans. 
1400 Tresses. 



1401 Durst. 

1402 Outreason. 

1403 Truism. 

1404 Tracer. 

1405 Dorsal. 

1409 Water-spy. 

1410 Darts. 

1411 Treated. 

1414 Trader. 

1415 Tardily. 
1420 Durance. 
1425 Eternal. 
1435 Timely. 
.1445 Tearless. 

1462 Derision. 
1471 Tract. 
1481 Thrift. 
1485 Trifle. 



1495 Durable. 
1511 Deluded. 
1540 Tailors. 
1560 Deluges. 
1570 Delicacy. 
1584 Deliver. 
1601 Digest. 
1711 Dictate. 
1740 Decrees. 
1801 Defaced. 
1815 Devoutly. 
1821 Divinity. 
1840 Divorce. 
1856 Divulge. 
1862 Devotion. 
1871 Defect. 
1901 Deposed. 
1911 Debated. 



1921 Depend. 

1940 Depress. 

1941 Depart. 
1948 Deprive. 
1951 Deplore. 
2001 Insist. 
2011 Incited. 
2015 Install. 
2020 Incense. 
2041 Insert. 
2051 Unsold. 
2071 Insect. 
2091 Insipid. 
2101 Induced. 
2121 Intend. 
2140 Endorse. 
2145 Natural. 
2147 Intrigue. 



APPENDIX B 



METHOD OF COMMITTING THE PROMPTERS AND SYMBOLS, BY 
ESTABLISHING FICTITIOUS RELATIONS BETWEEN THEM. 

All who have attended to the preceding sections see what necessity there is for having 
the prompters and symbols thoroughly committed to memory. By referring to the tenth 
page, it will be seen that directions are given for articulating the first or first two consonant- 
sounds of the prompting adjective, and to rely on these sounds to call up the symbol. 
But, though the following method may not be as philosophical, yet many persons will find 
it by far the most rapid method of thoroughly committing them to memory. The author 
has known young lads read through the story of the following ten memorizers only twice, 
and then repeat them from beginning to end without a failure. 

The foregoing symbols must be made perfectly familiar. It is from familiarity that 
the power which they confer in memorizing, is derived. A fundamental principle, in 
memorizing by symbols, is to transfer new and invisible ideas, or anything of difficult 
recollection, to another perfectly familiar set of ideas or symbols, which should be objects 
of sense, and therefore of easy recollection : if the relation be well established between the 
new idea and the familiar symbol, then the symbol will prevent us from missing to recol- 
lect the new idea, which might otherwise be recalled with great difficulty. 

For the sake, then, of making our prompters and symbols perfectly familiar, we shall 
adopt the following method of learning them. 

We will first divide the symbols into ten series, giving to each series a name, which 
shall correspond in sound to their numerical order. The first series, embracing the nine 
digits, we shall head with 0, (zero.) The series which commences with the tenth symbol 
will be 1, the twentieth 2, the thirtieth 3, and so on. To these figures we shall assign a 
personification, which shall be similar in sound. Thus, for 0, (zero,) Hero ; for 1, Wan- 
derer ; for 2, Tooth-extractor; for 3, Tree-planter ; for 4, Fortune-teller; 
for 5, Fifer ; for 6, Sexton ; for 7, Sovereign ; for 8, Hatter ; for 9, Neighbor. 

We will then establish a relation between the symbols and these personifications, which 
will hereafter be called Memorizers, so that the symbol and prompters can both be re- 
membered in their order, even without translating the adjective, or prompter, into figures, 
thus : — 

The Hero stepped into his stout gig", placed his feet on a new cricket, set by 
his side a modern urn, holding in his hand a rich banner, the staff of which rested 
in a long girdle, and rode off like a Chief judge ; his curious dog followed, hav- 
ing in his mouth a fine cane, and holding up his head like a bold puma. 

A Wanderer rose from his dozing-chair, gave chase to a tidy quail, and met a 
tiny quack, who had a tame parrot, pursuing a daring lion, having in his hand 
a tall broom, with which he drove him against a Dutch barrel, rolled it against a 
decorated church, broke a tough jug, and frightened a tabby cat. 

A Tooth-extractor, wanting some nice game, went in pursuit of a noted bear. 
To carry some water with him, he took a well-known bottle, on the nose of which he 
tied a nameless brush, shouldered his narrow musket, on which he hung his 



96 MEM0RIA TECHNICA. 

nullifying-horn, passing by a large new-shaped loom, against which leaned a 
naked ladder, from the top of which he shot a novel goldfinch, and returned to 
his noble house. 

A Tree-planter stepped into his mossy boat, and commenced playing with a 
metallic spoon on a mean guitar, which made a noise like a mimic wheel ; 
he then took his seat on a marble bench, laid by his side a small cloak, and com- 
menced conversing with a missionary man about a mock diadem, which had on 
it a moving tumbler containing a maple apple. 

A Fortune-teller, wanting some rosy tobacco, blew his red trumpet, mounted 
his running pony, and rode off like a Roman groom, with a rare spool in his 
real Shoe ; he then mounted a wretched fence, became entangled in a ragged 
net, and cried out for aid to a roving army, who were in pursuit of a ripe oyster. 

A Fifer mounted his lazy camel, having in his pocket a little watch, and gave 
chase to a lean elephant ; he then lighted his luminous lamp, and began to play 
upon a large drum; and, with a loyal reindeer, ran against a lashed-up 
coach, started up a lucky lark, broke his lively fife, and lost his liberty cap. 

A Sexton stood before his chosen mirror, on one corner of which was the picture 
of a shot eagle, on the other a shining blue jay, reading a gem-book about a 
cheerless nun, who went up to a shallow dome by the aid of Judge Moore, 
who had a chalk pail dressed in shivered calico, sowing cheap wheat. 

A Sovereign went to costly Mt. Auburn to look at a quiet tomb, where he saw 
a cunning squirrel playing with a queer mouse, which he caught in a clothes- 
basket 5 and taking it to a kitchen-room, put it with a quick tiger, and fed them 
with a quivering lily, which came from capacious Asia. 

A Hatter put on his fuzzy palm-leaf, took his foot-organ, the top of which 
resembled a fancy comb, and went to famed Mt, Tabor, where he met a fair 
Jew, who had a foolish peacock, sitting on a fashionable sofa, by the side of a 
vigorous crane, drinking vivid water, covered with a vaporous umbrella. 

A Neighbor sitting on a passable ledge, looking at a beautiful rose, which 
grew in the bending grain, saw a bemoaning lamb scorched with a bright fire ; 
returning home, he took a blunt awl, threw it upon a patched rug, which belonged 
to a begging widow, and hit a befitting crown, on which lay a poppy-blos- 
som, fastened with a decisive wire. 

Note. — Each one may feel at full liberty to establish relations differently, making such sentences as 
will best suit his own taste. But the foregoing relations, carefully read over a few times, will place the 
symbols completely at the control of the pupil. 



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